Advances in bio-nanocomposite materials for food packaging: a review

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 591-606

  Kumar, Nitin ^a   Kaur, Preetinder ^a   Bhatia, Surekha ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bio nanocomposites; Biodegradable packaging; Biopolymers; Plastics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026638299     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: 17586917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-11-2016-0176     Document Type: Review

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