Physical, mechanical, and antimicrobial properties of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer/chitosan/nano-ZnO (ECNZn) nanocomposite films incorporating glycerol plasticizer

Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 137-147

  Sadeghi, Kambiz ^a   Shahedi, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Ethylene vinyl alcohol; Nano ZnO; Nanocomposite; Plasticizer

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLYCEROL; MICROORGANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; BARRIER PROPERTIES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; FILM TOPOGRAPHY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NANO-ZNO;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84958124837     PISSN: 21934126     EISSN: 21934134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11694-015-9287-7     Document Type: Article

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