The current packaging materials market is dominated by petrochemical-derived, single-use,
and inexpensive plastics that are incredibly stable in the environment. After their sole use …

Biodegradable polymers have emerged as a subject of enormous scientific and industrial
interest due to their environmentally friendly compostability. For the benefit of the market …

Applications of cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) have attracted increasing attention in recent
years. One conceivable path lies in their commercial applications for packaging, in which …

Biodegradable food packaging films were fabricated from Mahua oil-based polyurethane
(PU) and chitosan (CS), incorporated with different proportions of zinc oxide nanoparticles …

The development of packaging materials with new functionalities and lower environmental
impact is now an urgent need of our society. On one hand, the shelf-life extension of …

Lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer on earth after cellulose, contains both
hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups. In this study, the use of nanocellulose fibrils with high …

Nanocellulose based gas barrier materials have become an increasingly important subject,
since it is a widespread environmentally friendly natural polymer. Previous studies have …

Here we introduce a new method aiming the immobilization of bioactive principles onto
polymeric substrates, combining a surface activation and emulsion entrapment approach …

This article demonstrates the synthesis of lactic acid oligomer-grafted-chitosan (OLLA-g-
CH), a nanoamphiphilic molecule, by in situ condensation polymerization and its effective …

Multi-layer film structures of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and fish gelatin (FG), prepared using the
solvent casting technique, were studied in an effort to produce bio-based films with low …