Evaluation of polypropylene/montmorillonite nanocomposites as food packaging material

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2199-2217

  Zehetmeyer, Gislene ^a   Soares, Rosane M D ^a   Brandelli, Adriano ^a   Mauler, Raquel S ^a   Oliveira, Ricardo V B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food packaging; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites; Permeability; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PACKING; FOOD-PACKAGING MATERIALS; HIGH CAPACITY; MELT INTERCALATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ORANGE JUICE; OXYGEN BARRIER PROPERTIES; PP MATRIX; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

CLAY MINERALS; FRUIT JUICES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MODELS; PACKAGING MACHINES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84861349386     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0722-1     Document Type: Article

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