title: High-performance dual-action polymer-TiO2 nanocomposite films via melting processing.
abstract: The incorporation of TiO2 nanoparticles into (ethylene-vinyl alcohol)-based food packaging copolymers affords an opportunity to synthesize polymer-based nanocomposite materials with novel and powerful biocidal and photodegradability properties, resulting in the production of an advanced, environmentally friendly system prepared using a cost-effective synthesis method via a simple melt compounding without the need of a coupling agent incorporation. The presented materials display an unprecedented performance in the killing of both Gram positive and negative bacteria without the necessity of being release to the media and an easy degradation under sunlight which favorably competes with biodegradation procedures.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubacka
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lünsdorf
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bielecki
authors.forename: María Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cerrada
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-García
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-García
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D018857:Food Packaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D010316:Particle Size; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011145:Polyvinyls; C009495:titanium dioxide; C020320:ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; D014025:Titanium