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ClearNanotechnology in Packaging for Food Industry: Past, Present, and Future
This review covers how nanotechnology is being used in food packaging to extend shelf life, detect spoilage, and improve food safety. While nanomaterials offer benefits like antimicrobial properties and better barrier protection, there are concerns about nanoparticles migrating into food and their potential effects on human health. The authors note that regulations for nanotechnology in food packaging are still developing and need to keep pace with the rapid adoption of these materials.
Nanoarchitectonics of Sustainable Food Packaging: Materials, Methods, and Environmental Factors.
This review examines the nanoarchitectonics of sustainable food packaging, covering how nanoscale structural and functional design of materials including biopolymers and nanocomposites affects packaging performance, barrier properties, and environmental impact.
Nanotechnology, a Revolutionary Technique in the Food Industry: Systematic Review
This review covers nanotechnology applications in the food industry including nanoencapsulation for controlled release of bioactive compounds and flavors, and nanobiosensors in packaging that can detect pathogens, harmful components, and changes in food quality. While the technology shows significant promise, safety concerns about nanomaterials in food remain a major consideration.
Application of Nanotechnology in Sustainable Food Packaging
This review examines nanotechnology applications in sustainable food packaging, covering how nano-enhanced biodegradable biopolymers improve barrier properties and food safety while addressing plastic pollution and reducing reliance on conventional single-use plastics.
Antimicrobial Nanomaterials for Food Packaging
This review examined antimicrobial nanomaterials for food packaging, covering how metal-based and polymer nanocomposites can extend shelf life while discussing safety concerns including the potential for nanoparticle migration into food.
Construction of nano slow-release systems for antibacterial active substances and its applications: A comprehensive review
This review examines nano-carrier systems designed to deliver antibacterial active substances for applications in food packaging, preservation, and other fields. Researchers found that combining natural antimicrobial compounds with nano-carrier materials can substantially improve their stability and effectiveness while reducing microbial resistance, offering promising alternatives to conventional plastic-based approaches.
Revisión:aplicación de la nanotecnología como innovación en recubrimientos alimentarios
Not relevant to microplastics — this Spanish-language review covers nanotechnology applications in biodegradable food coatings as alternatives to synthetic plastic packaging, mentioning microplastics only in the context of motivating the search for alternatives rather than studying plastic pollution itself.
Evolution of biobased and nanotechnology packaging – a review
This review traces the evolution of bio-based and nanotechnology food packaging, covering material advances, barrier properties, and end-of-life considerations. It discusses how conventional synthetic packaging contributes to marine microplastic pollution and how biodegradable bio-based alternatives could reduce this impact.
Nanocomposites and their application in antimicrobial packaging
This review covers advances in nanocomposite materials for antimicrobial food packaging, which incorporate natural substances like essential oils and metal nanoparticles into packaging films. These materials offer a potential replacement for traditional plastic packaging that breaks down into microplastics. By reducing reliance on conventional plastics in the food industry, nanocomposite packaging could help decrease the amount of microplastic contamination entering food and the environment.
Nanohybrids with potential barrier property and antimicrobial activity for application in sustainable polymer food packaging: A mini‐review
This review examines how combining two types of nanoparticles into "nanohybrids" can create better biodegradable food packaging with antimicrobial properties and improved barrier protection. Using biodegradable polymers with these nanohybrids could reduce the reliance on petroleum-based plastics that generate persistent microplastics. The research is relevant to human health because better food packaging alternatives could help cut down on the microplastic contamination that enters the food supply.
Key examples of nanotechnology in microplastics, packaging and textiles
This review examined how nanotechnology intersects with microplastics, packaging, and textiles — covering surface functionalizations, functional coating systems, and nanomaterial safety issues — and presented a three-stage membrane filter cascade for analytical investigation of micro- and nanoplastic risk assessment.
Nanoteknolojinin Tıp ve Mühendislik Uygulamaları
This review covers nanotechnology applications in medicine and engineering, summarizing advancements in nanomaterial development and their utilization across biomedical and engineering domains.
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This paper reviews advances in nanocomposite and biopolymer-based food packaging materials, noting that microplastic pollution has been detected globally and is a recognized threat to ecosystem and human health. It briefly contextualises microplastics as a motivation for developing biodegradable packaging alternatives, though the primary focus is materials science rather than microplastics research per se.
Safe nanomaterials: from their use, application, and disposal to regulations
This review surveys the global applications of nanomaterials across medicine, food, textiles, and electronics, along with the health and environmental risks they pose. It highlights that regulations governing nanomaterial safety vary widely between countries and calls for global standards based on a precautionary principle to ensure their responsible use and disposal.
Nanomaterial's toxicity and its regulation strategies
This review examines the toxicity of nanomaterials used across biomedical, agricultural, and industrial applications, discussing how their unique physicochemical properties differ from bulk counterparts and evaluating regulatory strategies to manage risks to end-users and the environment.
Could Nanotechnology Help to End the Fight Against COVID-19? Review of Current Findings, Challenges and Future Perspectives
This review assessed the potential role of nanotechnology in combating COVID-19, covering nano-enabled diagnostics, drug delivery systems, and vaccines, while noting that most applications were still in early development stages and faced significant regulatory and safety challenges.
Advancements in Biodegradable Active Films for Food Packaging: Effects of Nano/Microcapsule Incorporation
This review examines how incorporating nano- and microcapsules containing natural antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds into biodegradable packaging films can extend food shelf life. Researchers found that these capsules protect the active compounds during processing and allow their controlled release over time. The technology offers a promising alternative to synthetic preservatives while also reducing reliance on conventional plastics in food packaging.
Biopolymer-based solutions for enhanced safety and quality assurance: A review
Researchers review how biopolymers are replacing petroleum-based plastics across the food industry, covering antimicrobial packaging, edible coatings, bioactive encapsulation, and smart polymer functions such as pH sensing and time-temperature monitoring that reduce food waste and microplastic pollution.
Nanosafety: An Evolving Concept to Bring the Safest Possible Nanomaterials to Society and Environment
Researchers reviewed the evolving field of nanosafety, examining approaches to evaluate the potential toxicity and risks of nanomaterials used across industries including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, and agriculture. The study discusses how traditional toxicological methods are being adapted alongside new nanotoxicology approaches to assess immunotoxicity and genotoxicity of nanomaterials. The review highlights the need for comprehensive safety frameworks as the rapid development of new nanomaterials continues to outpace our understanding of their potential health effects.
Plastics in Food Packaging: Trends, Innovations and Environmental Impact
This review surveys the landscape of plastic food packaging — from conventional polyethylene and PET to emerging smart and biodegradable materials — examining how plastics protect food, how they degrade into microplastics, and how innovators are responding to mounting environmental pressure. It covers advanced technologies like nanomaterial-based packaging, active systems that extend shelf life, and IoT-enabled smart packaging. The paper contextualizes microplastic pollution as a growing concern driving the packaging industry toward bio-based and circular alternatives.
Biopolymer-based functional films for packaging applications: A review
This review examined recent advances in biopolymer-based functional films for food packaging, covering active and intelligent packaging approaches that incorporate functional ingredients to preserve food quality, improve safety, and extend shelf life with minimal environmental impact.
Functional Nanocellulose, Alginate and Chitosan Nanocomposites Designed as Active Film Packaging Materials
Researchers formulated and characterized 25 nanocellulose-based composite films using cellulose nanocrystals, nanofibrils, and bacterial nanocellulose combined with chitosan and alginate, finding that combinations with chitosan generally provided the best mechanical and barrier properties for potential food packaging use.
Nanocelluloses review: Preparation, biological properties, safety, and applications in the food field
This review examined nanocelluloses — including cellulose nanofibrils, nanocrystals, and bacterial cellulose — as sustainable food ingredients and packaging materials, highlighting their use as edible coatings, emulsion stabilizers, fat substitutes, and prebiotics while noting that safety assessments and regulatory frameworks still require development.
Boosting food safety in Ghana: Exploring the future of nanotechnology
This review assessed the potential of nanotechnology to improve food safety in Ghana, covering applications in food fraud detection, contaminant removal, and quality assurance within the context of developing-country food systems.