Coatings and Thin Films for Food Packaging and Preservation
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Coatings for Food Technology and System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food packaging; food preservation; postharvest physiology; fruits and vegetables; nanocarrier
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food preservation is an old yet interesting topic, mainly involving perishable fruits and vegetables, meat products, seafood, aquatic products, as well as some processed foods. Over the past few decades, coating/film packaging has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in maintaining food storage quality, controlling microorganisms, and extending shelf life. These coatings/films serve the purpose of food preservation through their various properties such as barriers, sealing, communication, protection, and indication. Of course, emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, green cross-linking, controlled release, and intelligent indication, which are highly creative concepts, are gradually being explored and adopted by researchers. These innovatively designed coatings/films have greatly enhanced food safety and quality, benefiting consumers and the environment and reducing food waste. The Special Issue of Coatings, entitled "Coatings and Thin Films for Food Packaging and Preservation", aims to introduce the latest progress of food preservation coatings/films, the basic consideration of food packaging, and the quality dynamics during food storage.
This Special Issue intends to highlight the latest advances in the preparation and characterization of coatings/films and their application effects in food storage.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Construction and design strategies for coatings/films used in food preservation.
- Coatings/films with antibacterial and antioxidant effects.
- The preservation effect of coatings/films on perishable foods.
- Potential green packaging materials that can be used to construct food coatings/films.
- Intelligent coating/film sensors with food freshness monitoring function.
- Bionic food packaging coatings/films.
- Novel food packaging technology.
- Artificial intelligence food packaging.
- The migration of active substances in Packaging materials.
- Food packaging regulations and life cycle assessment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yiqin Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yaowen Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coatings/films
- food preservation
- food packaging
- antibacterial and antioxidant
- green packaging
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