Natural and Biopolymer Composites for Packaging
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3697
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural and biopolymers and their composites for coating, packaging, and structural applications; economic and environmental impacts of natural and biopolymers and their derivatives; development of circular and sustainable materials for food packaging applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural polymers such as chitosan, cellulose, starch, and protein and their composites can be highly biodegradable, biocompatible, and abundantly available for developing packaging materials. They possess excellent mechanical and barrier properties for coating and composite manufacturing applications. They can also be co-blended with other biopolymers such as PLA and PHB to produce flexible packaging materials. This Special Issue aims to attract but is not limited to technical advances in extraction and isolation, surface modifications, crosslinking studies, structural and mechanical properties of natural polymers and their composites, optimization and scale-up of composites for large-scale production, current challenges and technological advances in developing natural polymer composites, technoeconomic assessment, life cycle environmental and ecological impact assessments, home and industrial compostability, and circularity of natural and biopolymers and their composites for packaging applications.
Prof. Dr. Sudhagar Mani
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surface modifications
- composite properties
- scale-up
- optimization
- cost estimation
- environmental impacts
- biodegradability study
