Tensile, water vapor barrier and antimicrobial properties of PLA/nanoclay composite films

LWT

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 612-617

  Rhim, Jong Whan ^a   Hong, Seok In ^b   Ha, Chang Sik ^c  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Composite film; Nanoclay; Physical property; PLA

Indexed keywords

FILM PREPARATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER VAPOR;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; BARRIER PROPERTIES; CLOISITE; CLOISITE 30B; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY COMPOSITES; PLA; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOUR BARRIER;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 55549098516     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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