Edible Films and Coatings in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Materials to Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: edible coatings; edible films; computer vision; by-products; microfluidics; food preservation
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Interests: microfluidics for edible and bio‑based coatings; active coatings; wettability, adhesion, and surface energy at food interfaces; computational–experimental coupling; volume of fluid (VOF); scale‑up
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Interests: computer vision applications in food industry; machine learning for food quality assessment; image-based food inspection; food waste reduction through AI; smart agriculture and food traceability; IoT-enabled food traceability; non-destructive food evaluation
Interests: functional foods; coatings, agave products and derivatives; agave-tequila production chain and its respective environmental technology; tequila vinasses treatment; utilization of agave bagasse and leaves; clean energies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing global demand for safer, healthier, and more sustainable food has sparked a remarkable transformation in food preservation technologies. At the heart of this change are edible films and coatings—innovative, environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional plastic packaging. These materials not only help extend the shelf life of perishable foods by regulating moisture, gas exchange, and microbial activity, but also act as carriers of bioactive compounds, adding nutritional and functional benefits to food products.
This Special Issue, titled “Edible Films and Coatings in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: From Materials to Applications”, seeks to reflect the breadth of advances in this dynamic and rapidly evolving field. Our goal is to connect fundamental materials research with practical, real-world applications. We welcome contributions on new biopolymers, characterization methods, and encapsulation techniques, but we are especially interested in studies that integrate emerging technologies. In particular, we encourage submissions exploring the use of microfluidics for developing precision-engineered emulsions and delivery systems, computer vision for non-destructive quality assessment, and artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning for optimizing formulations, predicting shelf life, and analyzing complex sensory data.
We warmly invite researchers to contribute original articles and comprehensive reviews to this Special Issue. Together, let us build a forward-looking collection that not only highlights recent scientific progress but also helps define the future of food technology.
Dr. Giovanna Rossi-Marquez
Guest Editor
Dr. Cristian Davalos-Saucedo
Dr. Sergio Rodríguez-Miranda
Dr. Edgardo Martinez-Orozco
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- coatings
- edible
- biopolymers
- food preservation
- artificial intelligence
- computer vision
- microfluidics
- shelf-life extension
- smart packaging
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