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Packaging Materials: All‐Natural Sustainable Packaging Materials Inspired by Plant Cuticles (Adv. Sustainable Syst. 1‐2/2017)
Author(s) -
HerediaGuerrero José A.,
Benítez José J.,
Cataldi Pietro,
Paul Uttam C.,
Contardi Marco,
Cingolani Roberto,
Bayer Ilker S.,
Heredia Antonio,
Athanassiou Athanassia
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced sustainable systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.499
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2366-7486
DOI - 10.1002/adsu.201770012
Subject(s) - polyester , polymer science , materials science , cellulose , pulp and paper industry , composite material , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
In article number 1600024, José A. Heredia‐Guerrero, Athanassia Athanassiou, and co‐workers present new, sustainable composite materials inspired by plant cuticles. These materials are fabricated by the impregnation of fibrous cellulose substrates with a naturally occurring polyhydroxylated fatty acid, and subsequent polymerization of the latter into a polyester. In the image a piece of this new material is shown together with tomato and pepper fruits. Cover image created by Dr. Duilio Farina.