Multifunctional Bio‐Nanocomposite Coatings for Perishable Fruits
| Autor: | J. Carson Meredith, Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Seohui Jung, Nikhil Koratkar, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, Onur Sahin, Chinmay C. Satam, Muhammad M. Rahman, Fatima A. Merchant, Soumyabrata Roy, Miao Yu, Reaz A. Chowdhury, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Aparna Adumbumkulath, Yue Ji, Rafael Verduzco, Morgan Barnes, Jefferson Friguglietti, Matthew R. Bennett, Robert Vajtai, Yufei Cui, Shenxiang Zhang, Corwin Miller, Lucas M. Sassi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Curcumin
Materials science Population Economic shortage 02 engineering and technology engineering.material 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Nanocomposites Egg White Coating Surface Tension General Materials Science Cellulose education Edible Films education.field_of_study Waste management Viscosity business.industry Mechanical Engineering digestive oral and skin physiology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Egg Yolk 0104 chemical sciences Sustainable energy Cellulose nanocrystals Food Storage Mechanics of Materials Agriculture Fruit engineering 0210 nano-technology business |
| Zdroj: | Advanced Materials. 32:1908291 |
| ISSN: | 1521-4095 0935-9648 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.201908291 |
| Popis: | Hunger and chronic undernourishment impact over 800 million people, which translates to ≈10.7% of the world's population. While countries are increasingly making efforts to reduce poverty and hunger by pursuing sustainable energy and agricultural practices, a third of the food produced around the globe still is wasted and never consumed. Reducing food shortages is vital in this effort and is often addressed by the development of genetically modified produce or chemical additives and inedible coatings, which create additional health and environmental concerns. Herein, a multifunctional bio-nanocomposite comprised largely of egg-derived polymers and cellulose nanomaterials as a conformal coating onto fresh produce that slows down food decay by retarding ripening, dehydration, and microbial invasion is reported. The coating is edible, washable, and made from readily available inexpensive or waste materials, which makes it a promising economic alternative to commercially available fruit coatings and a solution to combat food wastage that is rampant in the world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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