Preparation and Application of Biodegradable Polymeric Materials—2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 679
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomass; bionanotechnology; bionanocomposites; electrospinning; food packaging
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric materials have been widely used in the food industry for packaging development due to their performance and ease of production. However, the environmental pollution caused by plastics has driven the search for biodegradable polymeric materials. These polymers have advantages over synthetic polymers, such as reducing the negative impact on the environment, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. On the other hand, biodegradable polymers may have low viscosity, poor mechanical properties, and thermal sensitivity. Thus, innovative technologies and processes should be further explored to produce biodegradable materials that are competitive with petrochemical polymeric materials to meet the growing demand for safe food and reduce production costs. In this sense, reinforcement in polymeric matrices from nanofillers has been proposed. The interaction between the nanoscale reinforcement and the polymeric matrix improves the properties of several biodegradable polymeric materials. The main objective of this Special Issue is to present the latest advances in the applications and potential of biodegradable polymers in the production of food packaging, reporting innovative techniques for the production and characterization of polymeric materials, strategies to improve the properties of biodegradable polymers, as well as the main challenges and future perspectives in the food packaging area.
Prof. Dr. Juliana Botelho Moreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodegradability
- biopolymer-based films
- characterization techniques
- nanofillers
- physicochemical properties
- sustainability
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