Nano and nanocomposite antimicrobial materials for food packaging applications

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Future Science Book SeriesProgress in Nanomaterials for Food Packaging Nano and nanocomposite antimicrobial materials for food packaging applicationsPaulraj Kanmani & Jong-Whan RhimPaulraj KanmaniPaulraj Kanmani is currently working as a Research Professor at the Department of Food Engineering, Mokpo National University (South Korea). His research is in the field of antimicrobial nanocomposite films production using metal nanoparticles, particularly nanostructured silver particles. He is also interested in the development of antimicrobial nanocomposites using metal oxide nanoparticles.Search for more papers by this author & Jong-Whan RhimJong-Whan Rhim is Professor in the Department of Food Engineering, Mokpo National University (South Korea), and is Director of the Bio-Nanocomposite Research Institute at the Mokpo National University (Jeonnam, South Korea). He received his PhD in food engineering (1988) from the North Carolina State University at Raleigh (USA). He was a visiting scholar at the Industrial Agricultural Products Center of the University of Nebraska (USA) and at the School of Packaging, Michigan State University (USA). He has more than 160 peer-reviewed journal publications. He specializes in food engineering and food packaging technology, focusing on the development of biopolymer/biodegradable packaging materials, especially for biopolymer-based nanocomposite packaging materials and active packaging systems with antimicrobial functions. His recent research interests include: the development of water-resistant biopolymer packaging materials; the development of bionanocomposite packaging materials for application in active food-packaging systems; and the development of biodegradable, multifunctional, biocomposite packaging materials using underutilized agricultural processing waste.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:15 Jan 2014https://doi.org/10.4155/ebo.13.303AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View chapterAbstract: Antimicrobial function of some nano and nanocomposite materials has long been recognized and exploited in various industries, including the packaging sector. Nanocomoposite antimicrobial systems are particularly effective, because of the high surface-to-volume ratio and enhanced surface reactivity of the nanosized antimicrobial agents, making them able to inactivate microorganisms more effectively than their micro- or macro-scale counterparts. Commonly used or tested antimicrobial nano and nanocomposite materials include metal ions (silver, copper, gold, platinum), metal oxide (titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide), and organically modified nanoclay (quaternary ammonium-modified montmorillonite [MMT]). Natural biopolymers (chitosan), natural antimicrobial agents (nisin, thymol, carvacrol, isothiocyanate, antibiotics), enzymes (peroxidase, lysozyme), and synthetic antimicrobial agents and organic acids (quaternary ammonium salts, EDTA, propionic, benzoic, sorbic acids) are also utilized to provide antimicrobial function. 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