Spontaneous delamination of affordable natural vermiculite as a high barrier filler for biodegradable food packaging
Volodymyr Dudko, Renee L. Timmins, Olena Khoruzhenko, Maximilian Röhrl, Christopher Greve, Sabine Rosenfeldt, Tekla Tammelin, Seema Agarwal, Eva M. Herzig, Josef Breu
Abstract
We present a new procedure for the delamination of vermiculites in organic solvents to make inexpensive yet high performing nanocomposite coatings for biodegradable food packaging.
Topics & Concepts
Filler (materials)VermiculiteDelamination (geology)Natural (archaeology)Materials scienceComposite materialGeologySubductionTectonicsPaleontologybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesNanocomposite Films for Food PackagingPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties