Polyhydroxyalkanoates (phas) for food packaging

Multifunctional and Nanoreinforced Polymers for Food Packaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 498-526

  Plackett, D ^a   Siro I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Packaging; Polyhydroxyalkanoates (phas)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872200692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857092786     Document Type: Chapter

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