Nanocellulose in packaging: Advances in barrier layer technologies

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 95, Issue , 2017, Pages 574-582

  Ferrer, Ana ^a   Pal, Lokendra ^a   Hubbe, Martin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier films; Cellulose nanocrystals; Microfibrillated cellulose; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Packaging

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; FILMS; NANOCRYSTALS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER VAPOR;

BARRIER FILMS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (NFC); RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER VAPOR BARRIERS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; CRYSTALLINITY; FILM; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER VAPOR;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; PACKAGING; WATER VAPOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 85002822477     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.11.012     Document Type: Review

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