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Nanoparticles, Biointerfaces, Molecular Recognition, and Biospecificity
Published in Anil Kumar Anal, Bionanotechnology, 2018
On account of the possible inherent toxicity of these metal and nonmetal nanoparticles, there was a search for the food-grade nanoparticles. Some of the food-derived compounds such as lecithin, sodium caseinate, curcumin, and vitamin C have been reduced to nanoscale and incorporated into the packaging system to provide antimicrobial functions. The nanomaterial of paprika oleoresin has been found to improve the marinating performance and sensory properties of poultry meat. In addition, corn starch in nanoform has been used to develop ecoplastic that is easily biodegradable (Hannon et al. 2015).
Thermoplastic starch nanocomposites: sources, production and applications – a review
Published in Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 2022
Amanda de Sousa Martinez de Freitas, Ana Paula Bernardo da Silva, Larissa Stieven Montagna, Iury Araújo Nogueira, Nathan Kevin Carvalho, Vitor Siqueira de Faria, Natali Bomfim dos Santos, Ana Paula Lemes
In the study by Babaee et al. [82], matrices of thermoplastic corn starch were reinforced with cellulose nanofibers, extracted from Kenaf bast fibers (Hibiscus cannabinus), and acetylated cellulose nanofibers. In this study, they concluded that the use of both CNF’s was able to significantly increase the mechanical properties of thermoplastic starch, in addition to reducing water vapor permeation and water absorption, noting that the increases were more significant for untreated nanofibers by acetylation. Similar results were observed in the studies developed by Cerqueira et al. [60], who observed a low-solubility of cassava and potato starch films when reinforced with CNCs extracted from coconut fibers, Figure 5A,B, with the lowest solubility being achieved in the potato starch films containing 1% of CNCs.