Modeling the Oxygen Diffusion of Nanocomposite-based Food Packaging Films

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bhunia, Kanishka ^a   Dhawan, Sumeet ^a   Sablani, Shyam S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas barrier property; Nanocomposites; Polymer layered silicate; Relative diffusivity

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; POLYMER; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; FOOD PACKAGING; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIFFUSION; FOOD PACKAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; SILICATES; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84863510348     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02768.x     Document Type: Article

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