Starch based active packaging film reinforced with empty fruit bunch (EFB) cellulose nanofiber

• Main Authors: Salleh, Eraricar, Muhamad, Ida Idayu, Salehudin, Mohd. Harfiz, Mamat, Siti Nur Hana
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B. V. 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62651/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2014.05.004
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Biopolymer active packaging is known to have low mechanical strength and highly brittle. Regardless to its disadvantage, polymers from natural sources have attracted serious attention since the non-renewable sources for example petroleum, the major precursor of plastic manufacturing become depleted....