Evaluation and simulation of silver and copper nanoparticle migration from polyethylene nanocomposites to food and an associated exposure assessment

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1403-1411

  Cushen, M ^a   Kerry, J ^b   Morris, M ^c   Cruz Romero, M ^b   Cummins, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b School of Food and Nutritional Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

exposure; food packaging; migration; nanocomposite; simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COPPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILVER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROORGANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENES;

ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING; EXPOSURE; FOOD PACKAGING; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; MIGRATION; POLYETHYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; TIME TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION; WILLIAMS-LANDEL-FERRY EQUATIONS;

SILVER;

EID: 84894165804     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf404038y     Document Type: Article

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