ABSTRACT
Materials that are used for food packaging have to fulll more and more, sometimes even controversial, properties. For the material selection of food packages, the full supply chain of food packaging is becoming of increasing importance and has to be taken into account for food packaging developments. The supply chain of food packages starts at raw material selection and origin; continues with the manufacturing of raw materials; processing of materials
CONTENTS
13.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 337 13.2 What Is a Polymer Nanocomposite? .....................................................338 13.3 Properties of PNC .................................................................................... 339
13.3.1 Optical Properties of PNC .......................................................... 339 13.3.2 Mechanical Properties of PNC ...................................................340 13.3.3 Barrier Properties .........................................................................340 13.3.4 Antibacterial Properties .............................................................. 341
13.4 Preparation of PNC ..................................................................................344 13.4.1 Ex Situ Synthesis Method ...........................................................344 13.4.2 In Situ Synthesis Method ............................................................345
