Biopolymer-Based Nano Films: Applications in Food Packaging and Wound Healing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128233818 ISBN 13: 9780128233818

Publisher: Elsevier, 2021

Synopsis

Biopolymer-Based Nano Films: Applications in Food Packaging and Wound Healing covers a variety of biofilms, including active biofilms, nisin-silver nano-films, silk fibroin-based composite films, lignocellulose/cellulose-based biofilms, carboxymethyl cellulose-coated polypropylene, hybrid film-loaded antimicrobials, chitosan hybrid systems, pullulan, and biopolymers films. The applications of these nano-biofilms in different fields, particularly in food packaging, wound healing, and as potential antimicrobials against new, emerging, and multidrug resistant microbes are also discussed. This is an important resource for researchers in the fields of pharmacology, nanotechnology, microbiology, biotechnology, and for clinicians.

The possibility of associating nanotechnology with biotechnology helps with the creation of innovative new products and the development of processes at the molecular level. Within this context, nanobiotechnology advances and revolutionizes several scientific fields. In the development of new technologies and products, it is also necessary to develop "platforms" that allow the specific application and delivery of compounds/actives in a controlled, specific and non-toxic way.

• Covers a variety of biofilms
• Outlines the fundamental properties and major applications of nanostructured biofilms
• Associates nanotechnology with biotechnology and how they can help with the creation of innovative new products and the development of processes at the molecular level

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About the Authors

Prof. Mahendra Rai is a UGC Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. He is currently a senior visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil.

His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, focusing on the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. His research is interdisciplinary, integrating microbial biotechnology with nanotechnology.

Professor Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. He has participated in multiple international collaborations and has held visiting positions at various institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), Debrecen University (Hungary), and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland).

Carolina Alves Dos Santos has a PhD from the University of Sorocaba. Her research interests are in nanoformulations physics, chemical engineering, nanoantimicrobials, nanobiotechnology and nanoformulation with regard to pharmaceuticals.

From the Back Cover

The possibility of associating nanotechnology with biotechnology helps with the creation of innovative new products and the development of processes at the molecular level, this being promising for the development of "clean" processes with less toxic waste, high selectivity, high value, and having great market interest. Within this context, nanobiotechnology advances and revolutionizes several scientific fields having an interdisciplinary character. In the development of new technologies and products it is also necessary to develop "platforms" that allow the specific application and delivery of compounds/actives in a controlled, specific, and non-toxic way, being therefore, both a challenge and a scientific possibility.

This book covers a variety of biofilms, including active biofilm, nisin-silver nano-film, silk fibroin-based composite film, lignocellulose/cellulose-based biofilm, carboxymethyl cellulose-coated polypropylene, hybrid film-loaded antimicrobials, chitosan hybrid systems, pullulan, and biopolymers films. The applications of these nano-biofilms in different fields, particularly in food packaging, wound healing, and as potential antimicrobials against new, emerging, and multidrug resistant microbes, are also discussed.

This is an important resource for researchers in the fields of pharmacology, nanotechnology, microbiology, biotechnology, and clinicians.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128233818
• ISBN 13: 9780128233818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Rai Mahendra, Dos Santos Carolina Alves