Effect of pasteurization, high-pressure processing, and retorting on the barrier properties of nylon 6, nylon 6/ethylene vinyl alcohol, and nylon 6/nanocomposites films

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Halim, L ^a   Pascall, M A ^a   Lee, J ^a   Finnigan, B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pliant Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure processing; Nanocomposites; Nylon 6; Pasteurization; Permeability; Retort

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CAPROLACTAM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLICAPRAM; POLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CAPROLACTAM; ETHYLENES; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; PRESSURE; STERILIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58649107309     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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