Advances in Hydrogel-Dedicated Food Packaging Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; polymers; nanofibers; electrospinning; tissue engineering; polymer–cell interactions
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: hydrogels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Hydrogel-Dedicated Food Packaging Applications”, aims to highlight the latest developments and innovations in relation to the use of hydrogel-based materials in active and intelligent food packaging and other applications.
This Special Issue appreciates studies dedicated to innovative hydrogel-based materials, especially the formation and functionalization of hydrogel-based films with improved barrier and mechanical properties. We appreciate functionalization of hydrogels with fibers, particles, antimicrobial agents, and antioxidants, colorimetric indicators as well as the development of novel eco-friendly crosslinking methods.
The Special Issue highlights novel aspects in the formation and functionalization of advanced hydrogel materials and their characteristics in food packaging and other applications. We extend a cordial invitation to members of the academic and scientific communities to contribute original research papers, as well as reviews, on the formation, functionalization, and characterization of advanced hydrogels for food packaging and other applications.
Prof. Dr. Paweł Sajkiewicz
Dr. Niemczyk-Soczynska Beata
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- polymers
- food packaging
- polysaccharides
- functional applications
- active packaging
- intelligent packaging
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