New Progress in Polymer Materials for Food Packaging
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 2071
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food packaging; food science and safety; proteins; polysaccharides; nano-delivery systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: analytical method; food preservation; edible film; active packaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biopolymer-based packaging materials are receiving increasing attention due to the growing awareness of environmental and sustainability concerns associated with petroleum-based materials. Biopolymer-based films are usually fabricated from biomacromolecules such as proteins and polysaccharides. The potential advantages of using these natural polymers include their abundance, low cost, biodegradability, safety, versatility, and film-forming properties. This Special Issue of Polymers focuses on the current state of knowledge on the “New Progress in Polymer Materials for Food Packaging”. New research papers, reviews, case reports, etc., are welcome in this Special Issue, which covers various aspects of food packaging materials made from natural polymer matrices, such as polymer-based films, emulsions, gels, etc. This Special Issue also covers the preparation, detection and characterization of food packaging materials and the innovative application of food packaging materials.
Dr. Shuai Chen
Dr. Yahong Han
Dr. Yaoze Feng
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- polymer materials
- food packaging
- proteins
- polysaccharides
- biodegradability
