Recent years have witnessed great developments in biobased polymer packaging films for
the serious environmental problems caused by the petroleum-based nonbiodegradable …

Improved accuracy is one of the vital innovations in designing biopolymer-based products
that are gaining momentum in diverse biomedicine arenas. The innovative devices were …

In this study antimicrobial properties of chitosan and chitosan-zinc oxide (ZnO)
nanocomposite coatings on PE films were studied. Oxygen plasma pretreatment of PE films …

Chitosan-based films for food packaging applications were prepared by casting and dried at
room temperature or heat-treated in order to study functional properties and antimicrobial …

The gelatin-based nanocomposite films containing chitin nanoparticles (N-chitin) with
concentrations of 0, 3, 5 and 10% were prepared and their physical, thermal and anti …

The treatment of wastewater requires the use of eco-friendly and cost-efficient adsorbents. A
hybrid adsorbent film based on biodegradable polymers (poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) and …

This study aims to assess the effect of heating temperatures on structure, physicochemical
and antioxidant properties of fish gelatin films crosslinked by the temperature and/or with …

Highlights•Film based on different molecular weight chitosan and corn starch were
developed.•Chitosan molecular weight affected both physicochemical and final film …

Chitosan film reinforced with nano-sized chitin whiskers and crosslinked using tannic acid
was synthesized by the casting–vaporation method. The mechanical and physicochemical …

In this study, the influence of different polyols such as glycerol, xylitol and maltitol on the
crystalline structure and thermal properties of chitosan films were investigated by X-ray …