Jong-Whan Rhim

TL;DR: The most promising nanoscale fillers are layered silicate nanoclays such as montmorillonite and kaolinite as mentioned in this paper, which can provide active and/or smart properties to food packaging systems.

TL;DR: Mechanical and barrier properties of chitosan films were affected through intercalation of nanoparticles, that is, tensile strength increased by 7-16%, whereas water vapor permeability decreased by 25-30% depending on the nanoparticle material tested.

TL;DR: In this review, recent advances in the preparation of natural biopolymer-based films and their nanocomposites, and their potential use in packaging applications are addressed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the tensile strength, elongation at break (E ), and water vapor permeability (WVP) of control PLA-based composite films with different types of nanoclays, such as Cloisite Na +, Cloisitic 30B and Cloisitesite 20A, were tested using a solvent casting method and their tensile, water vapor barrier and antimicrobial properties were tested.

TL;DR: In this paper, the properties of sodium alginate films were modified using two different methods of CaCl2 treatment, i.e., the direct addition of caCl2 into film making solution (mixing films) and the immersion of alginates into CaCl 2 solutions (immersion films), and their treatment effects on tensile strength, percentage elongation at break (E), water vapor permeability (WVP), and water solubility (WS) of the films were investigated.