A novel nanocomposite for food packaging developed by electrospinning and electrospraying

Development and Characterization of Electrospun Nanostructures Using Polyethylene Oxide: Potential Means for Incorporation of Bioactive Compounds

“…The rise in conductivity values in the samples with a higher amount of salt can be attributed to an increase in the number of mobile ions as a result of salt concentration [47]. Several authors affirm that the presence of NaCl-besides increasing conductivity values and, consequently, interacting at the polymer-bulk medium interface between the hydrophilic polymer and water molecules-can impact the size of the obtained structure [22,40]. Therefore, especially considering the principle of the electrospinning process, it is an essential variable to study.…”

“…Considering the factors detected by a careful literature search on parameters that could influence production of nanostructures using the electrospinning process, feeding rate (150-3000 µL·h −1 , PEO concentration (1%-8% w/v), NaCl concentration (0%-2.5% w/v), tip-to-collector distance (TCD) (10-15 cm), and applied voltage (10-24 kV) featured among the main findings [22][23][24][25][38][39][40][41][42]. Unexpectedly, in contradiction to the results presented in the consulted literature, none of the assays performed using PEO concentrations under 6% formed any kind of polymeric structures and, in all cases, regardless of any other parameter adjustment within the aforementioned ranges, the solution would drop as it went through the TCD and contacted the collector.…”

Fabrication and characterization of biodegradable PHBV/SiO 2 nanocomposite for thermo‐mechanical and antibacterial applications in food packaging

“…Nano‐reinforced PHBV nanocomposites would be a new approach to improve the mechanical and structural properties of the PHBV, thereby extending its applications in fragile environments. Combining nanostructured materials with PHBV can result relatively in a more extensive particle size material (>100 nm), leading to the formation of PHBV nanocomposite [9]. These nanomaterials are having high surface volume ratio exhibit unique physicochemical characteristics, such as solubility, toxicity, strength, magnetism, diffusivity, optics, colour, and thermodynamics [10].…”

Graphene Nanoplatelets for the Development of Reinforced PLA–PCL Electrospun Fibers as the Next-Generation of Biomedical Mats

“…Electrospinning has been revealed a relatively simple, robust and up-scalable technique at the forefront of micro-nanofiber mats fabrication for industrial (e.g., water/air filtration, textile and packaging materials, optical electronics and biosensors) and biomedical/pharmaceutical applications (e.g., tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, wound dressing, implant coating films and in-product labeling of tablets, drug delivery) [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. This process offers unique capabilities for producing nanofibrous fabrics with wide variety of sizes and shapes, extremely high surface-to-volume ratio and tunable porosity [ 1 , 13 ].…”