Selected Papers from MATBIM2019
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 5520
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Interests: food packaging; biopolymers; bionanocomposites; functional polymers
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2. Institute of Technology, Université de Bourgogne, 7 Blvd Docteur Petitjean, BP 17867, 21078 Dijon, France
Interests: valorization of by-products and waste from food industry and agriculture for packaging applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The challenges that our society is facing, now more than before, impose a strict cooperation between the academic world and the industrial sector. Oftentimes, these two different entites have walked separately in the complicated world of science, due to both cultural preconceptions and real divergences owing to different goals. Eventually, this was reflected in a delay of innovation or nonrobust new materials and products. Merging the fundamental science with applied concepts is necessary for winning solutions, especially in a dynamic sector such as that of packaging.
The MATBIM 2019 meeting, running under the heading “…bridging the gap between Academia and Industry…”, will be the platform to bring together researchers from academia and industry to share new ideas and contribute the latest findings related to the packaging materials science and technology. The main goal is to boost the technological transfer from the research labs to real applications that may have an impact on our everyday lives.
The MATBIM2019 conference will focus on three main themes that are currently hot areas in the field of food and bioproduct packaging materials: (i) Mass transfer and food and bioproduct/material interactions; (ii) new trends toward environmentally friendly materials; and (iii) new materials through nanotechnology routes. Within these three main themes, several topics will be discussed during the conference, including transfer phenomena and toxicological/safety assessment, new materials from biomass and downgauging strategies, bottom–up/top–down approaches and hybrid materials, just to mention a few. Coatings will publish a selection of papers related to the meeting in the form of regualr articles as well as critical reviews and perspectives. Your contribution is very welcome!
Dr. Stefano Farris
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Debeaufort
Guest Editors
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