Assessment of the migration potential of nanosilver from nanoparticle-coated low-density polyethylene food packaging into food simulants

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-178

  Hannon, Joseph Christopher ^a   Kerry, Joseph P ^b   Cruz Romero, Malco ^b   Azlin Hasim, Shafrina ^b,c   Morris, Michael ^b   Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Food packaging; Food simulant; ICP AES; Layer by layer; LDPE; Migration; Nanomaterial; Nanosilver; SEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MICROORGANISMS; MICROWAVE HEATING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OVENS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SIMULANTS; ICP-AES; LAYER BY LAYER; MIGRATION; NANO SILVER;

FOOD STORAGE;

POLYETHYLENE; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL MIGRATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD STORAGE; GAS FLOW; MICROWAVE COOKING; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; COOKING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; HEATING;

COOKING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEATING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84948145285     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2015.1114184     Document Type: Article

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