Packaging is a crucial tool for reducing food waste and enhancing product competitiveness.
Fossil fuel-based plastics, mostly used for food packaging, account for nearly 40% of global …

Starch-based materials are susceptible to moisture, leading to sticking and instability.
Coating with hydrophobic biodegradable materials improves their stability. This research …

Monolayer films based on cassava starch (CS) or maize starch (MS), with and without 10%
of gellan or xanthan gum, and PLA-PHBV (75: 25) blend films, were obtained by melt …

Traditional food packaging systems help reduce food wastage, but they also produce
environmental impacts when not properly disposed of. Bio-based polymers are a promising …

Introduction: Biopolymers, such as pullulan, a natural exopolysaccharide from
Aureobasidium pullulans, and their nanocomposites are commonly used in the food …

Almond Gum/alginate composite (AG/AL) composites namely A1, A2 and A3 were prepared
and their physicochemical properties were evaluated. The measured film thickness …

The high rate of HIV new infections and AIDS-related deaths each year make prevention
tools still necessary today. Different dosage forms–including films–for vaginal administration …

This study focuses on developing a biodegradable film using a novel hybrid citrus peel
pectin. A bilayer approach with PLA was proposed and optimized using Response Surface …

In the last decades, the overuse of synthetic polymers in the packaging industry has become
a serious global environmental problem due to their nonbiodegradability. To overcome this …

In the absence of an effective vaccine, vaginal microbicides are essential for preventing the
sexual transmission of HIV to women. Antiretroviral vaginal films have emerged as …