Eco-friendly polymer composites for green packaging: Future vision and challenges

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 172, Issue , 2019, Pages 16-25

  Moustafa, Hesham ^a   Youssef, Ahmed M ^b   Darwish, Nabila A ^a   Abou Kandil, Ahmed I ^a  

^a National Institute for Standards   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biodegradable biopolymer; Coffee grounds; Date stones; Expanded organoclay; Green packaging; Intelligent food packaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEMBRANES; ORGANOCLAY; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE BIOPOLYMERS; COFFEE GROUNDS; DATE STONES; FOOD PACKAGING; GREEN PACKAGING;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITES; MEMBRANES; PACKAGING MACHINES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85065852448     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.05.048     Document Type: Review

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