Effects of cold plasma on surface, thermal and antimicrobial release properties of chitosan film

Journal of Renewable Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 14-20

  Pankaj, S K ^a   Bueno Ferrer, C ^a   Misra, N N ^a   O'Neill, L ^a   Bourke, Paula ^a   Cullen, P J ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial packaging; Chitosan; Cold plasma; DBD plasma; Release kinetics; Thymol

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; PHENOLS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING; COLD PLASMAS; DBD PLASMA; RELEASE KINETICS; THYMOL;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85008695692     PISSN: 21646325     EISSN: 21646341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7569/JRM.2016.634105     Document Type: Article

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