Physical properties of fish gelatin-based bio-nanocomposite films incorporated with ZnO nanorods

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Rouhi, Jalal ^a   Mahmud, Shahrom ^b   Naderi, Nima ^b   Raymond Ooi, C H ^c   Mahmood, Mohamad Rusop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fish gelatin bio nanocomposite films; UV shielding; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLERS; FISH; FOOD PRESERVATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; SHIELDING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOPOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE;

BIO-NANOCOMPOSITE; BIOPOLYMER MATRIX; FISH GELATIN; FISH GELATIN FILMS; PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES; UV TRANSMISSION; UV-SHIELDING; ZNO NANOROD;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84887274941     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-364     Document Type: Article

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