生物纳米复合材料的发展:食品包装的创新和应用
Vimala S K Bharathi1, Digvir S Jayas1,2
1Office of the President, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 17, 2024
概括
可持续的食品包装正在推进生物纳米复合材料,它结合了生物聚合物和纳米粒子. 研究表明,它们的应用显著增加,特别是在水果,蔬菜和肉类方面,这表明人们正在转向实用,环保的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 纳米技术纳米技术
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
背景情况:
- 生物纳米复合材料,将生物聚合物与纳米颗粒集成在一起,是可持续食品包装的关键.
- 对环保解决方案的日益增长的需求和纳米技术的进步推动了该领域的研究.
- 超过17,000篇关于生物纳米复合材料的文章,包括2000多篇关于包装的文章,突出显著的研究兴趣.
研究的目的:
- 审查生物纳米复合材料在食品包装中的开发,合成和应用.
- 分析研究趋势并确定生物纳米复合材料包装的关键应用领域.
- 提供关于生物纳米复合材料在可持续食品包装技术方面的潜力的见解.
主要方法:
- 对生物纳米复合材料研究的综合文献综述.
- 使用Web of Science数据对出版物的趋势分析.
- 调查各种食品产品类别的应用趋势.
主要成果:
- 自2008年以来,生物纳米复合材料的研究大幅增长,包装研究的研究显著增加.
- 包装应用越来越集中在水果,蔬菜,肉类,乳制品 (奶酪) 和面包制品 (面包) 上.
- 最近的研究表明,从基础科学到实际应用的转变是明显的.
结论:
- 生物纳米复合材料为开发先进,可持续的食品包装提供了变革性的潜力.
- 应用研究的趋势意味着该领域在现实世界实现方面已经成熟.
- 生物纳米复合材料的持续创新对于解决食品包装中的环境问题至关重要.
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