Innovative Composite Films of Chitosan, Methylcellulose, and Nanoparticles

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mura, Stefania ^a,b   Corrias, Francesco ^a,b   Stara, Giuseppe ^c   Piccinini, Massimo ^c   Secchi, Nicola ^c   Marongiu, Daniela ^a   Innocenzi, Plinio ^a   Irudayaraj, Joseph ^d   Greppi, Gian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Lea Nanotech srl strada provinciale 55 Porto Conte/Capo Caccia   (Italy)

^c Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Methylcellulose; Nanostructured films; Packaging; Silica nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; METHYLCELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; FOOD PACKAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHITOSAN; FOOD PACKAGING; METHYLCELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 80053053079     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02295.x     Document Type: Article

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