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

Chitosan is obtained from chitin, which could be considered to be the most abundant
polymer after cellulose. Owing to these properties, chitosan alone or chitosan-based …

Worldwide, consumers are demanding safe foods that are minimally processed and retain
quality and health properties. Achieving these requirements calls for the development of …

Chitosan-based composites play an important role in food packaging applications and can
be used either as films or as edible coatings. Due to their high costs and lower performance …

Sodium montmorillonite organically modified by octadecylammonium (Np-Clay) and zinc
oxide nanoparticles (Np-ZnO) were incorporated into chitosan (C) matrix in different …

Chitosan, obtained by deacetylation of chitin, is widely available, biocompatible and
biodegradable polysaccharide. In the same way, nanoclays have been reported to be …

The use of chitosan natural polymers to replace synthetic polymers is of interest as part of
the green materials movement. However, a major challenge of using chitosan material is its …

The global turn from the linear to the circular economy imposes changes in common
activities such as food packaging. The use of biodegradable materials such as polyvinyl …

The demand for sustainable food packaging solutions has escalated in response to growing
environmental concerns and consumer preferences for eco-friendly products. This review …

Bionanocomposites include matrices and dispersed phases that combine two or more
biomolecules on a nanometric scale to enhance some nanomaterial properties such as …