Surface Modification, Functional Coatings, and Nanomaterials for Food Safety and Contact Applications
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: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive carbon nanomaterials and polymer/nanodiamonds composite coatings in food packaging systems
Interests: biomedical engineering; diamonds coatings; medical implants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on the activity of food packaging has great potential for food storage. However, the most important aspect here is the search for new bioactive food packaging with antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. It is necessary to pay attention to the low toxicity of carbon materials that create diffusion barriers or nanoparticles that migrate in a controlled manner and extend the shelf life of packaged products. The multi-aspect nature of these studies makes it possible to write articles from various fields and combine them into one Special Issue.
The purpose of publishing this Special Issue falls within the scope of Coatings. This purpose includes issues related to the search for new materials that give active properties to food packaging. The aim is to have a collection of at least 10 articles; the Special Issue may be printed in book form if this number is reached.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Applications of nanomaterials (nanoparticles) in food packaging system;
- Surface modification of food packaging system;
- Antibacterial coatings of food packaging system.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Katarzyna Mitura
Prof. Dr. Stanisław Mitura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive food packaging
- antimicrobial coatings
- bioactive nanoparticles
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