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Frédéric Debeaufort, Julien Riondet, Claire-Hélène Brachais and Nasreddine Benbettaieb
Single-use plastics are a major source of pollution and biodegradable polymers could be the best substitute, as they possess similar barrier and functional properties. Aiming at improving barrier properties and providing antioxidant bioactivity, PLA (Pol...
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Aleksander Starakiewicz, Przemyslaw Miasik, Joanna Krason and Lech Licholai
The article presents four equivalent methods for checking mold growth on the surface of building barriers and checking water vapor condensation on their surface. Each method applies to two parallel phenomena that may occur on a building barrier. The firs...
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Chen Li, Jiliu Pei, Xiaohui Xiong and Feng Xue
A dry-heated Maillard reaction was used to prepare plum seed protein isolate and gum acacia conjugates. Emulsion-based edible films (EBEF) were prepared by the encapsulation of grapefruit essential oil using conjugates solution as the continuous phase. T...
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Stephen A. Whitmore
A medical grade nitrous oxide (N2O) and gaseous oxygen (GOX) ?Nytrox? blend is investigated as a volumetrically-efficient replacement for GOX in SmallSat-scale hybrid propulsion systems. Combined with 3-D printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), th...
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Monserrat Escamilla-García, Luis Felipe Delgado-Sánchez, Raquel Adriana Ríos-Romo, Blanca E. García-Almendárez, Georgina Calderón-Domínguez, Juan Vicente Méndez-Méndez, Aldo Amaro-Reyes, Prospero Di Pierro and Carlos Regalado-González
The growing demand for minimally processed foods with a long shelf life and environmentally friendly materials has forced industry to develop new technologies for food preservation and handling. The use of edible films has emerged as an alternative solut...
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Hung-I Lu, Dinh-Phuc Tran, Chih-Kuang Lin and Bao-Dong To
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of long-term static bending on the encapsulation properties of a commercial barrier thin film for flexible optoelectronic devices. Encapsulation properties of the barrier film are evaluated under l...
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Oisik Das, Thomas Aditya Loho, Antonio José Capezza, Ibrahim Lemrhari and Mikael S. Hedenqvist
This study presents an approach to protect wheat gluten (WG) plastic materials against water/moisture by adhering it with a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film using a diamine (Jeffamine®) as a coupling agent and a compression molding operation. Th...
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Samir Kopacic, Andrea Walzl, Armin Zankel, Erich Leitner and Wolfgang Bauer
Paper-based food packaging materials are widely used, renewable, and biodegradable. Because of its porous structure, paper has poor or no barrier performance against grease, water vapor, water, and volatile organic compounds. Moreover, recycled paperboar...
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Christoph Metzger, Solange Sanahuja, Lisa Behrends, Sven Sängerlaub, Martina Lindner and Heiko Briesen
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and starch nanoparticles (SNP) have remarkable physical and mechanical characteristics. These properties particularly facilitate their application as high-performance components of bio-based packaging films as alternatives to...
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Mariaenrica Frigione and Mariateresa Lettieri
In order to protect a material belonging to Cultural Heritage (i.e., stone, wood) from weathering, and in turn to preserve its beauty and historical value for the future generations, the contact with external harmful agents, particularly water, must be a...
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