Development of cellulose-based bactericidal nanocomposites containing silver nanoparticles and their use as active food packaging

By M. R. Moura, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, V. Zucolotto. 2012

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Effect of polymer concentration on the morphology and mechanical characteristics of electrospun cellulose acetate and poly (vinyl chloride) nanofiber mats (2016, background): “Cellulose-based materials are currently being used widely because of their advantages of edibility, biocompatibility, barrier properties, attractive appearance, low toxicity, low cost and environment friendliness [20].”
The effect of silver nanoparticle size on performance and antibacteriality of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane (2012, background): “Roughness increment of the PS UFmembranewas also reported by introduction of silver metallic nanoparticles elsewhere [38].”
Bio-nanocomposite Materials for Food Packaging Applications: Types of Biopolymer and Nano-sized Filler (2014, background): “Rhim et al (2013) studied agar based bionanocomposite with silver nanoparticles filler while De Moura et al. (2012) developed cellulose-base antimicrobial nanocomposites containing silver nanoparticles.”
Polymer Nanocomposites as a New Trend for Packaging Applications (2013, background): “The latter is indicative that the HPMC=AgNPs nanocomposites can be used in food packaging as active antimicrobial internal coatings([85]).”
Silver nanoparticles in polymeric matrices for fresh food packaging (2016, methodology): “A different type of cellulose was used by de Moura et al. (2012) who incorporated AgNPs into a hydroxypropyl methyl-cellulose (HPMC) matrix for applications in food packaging.”