ABSTRACT
Active food packaging films, which involve the use of nanoparticles in food packaging applications, have gained significant attention from researchers in recent years. This chapter focuses on various properties of chitosan-based hybrid nanocomposite films incorporated with one or more nanofillers and their suitability for food packaging applications. The influence of filler type and filler concentration on the material properties such as tensile, thermal, crystalline, water barrier, and antibacterial activity of the chitosan-based nanocomposites have been discussed. The mechanism behind the improvement in properties and the changes in material behavior due to the incorporation of nanofillers has also been highlighted.
