book focuses on the coupling of plastics and biocides, with particular concentration on natural biocides and the nanofabrication of biocides, and of their final properties and activity. Chapters address the key technologies employed to impart antimicrobial behavior to polymers, including chemical modification of the polymers themselves, as well as discussing applications in food packaging, medical devices, nanomaterials, and coatings. The coverage balances outlining the technologies with explaining the mechanisms of antimicrobial behavior.Concluding chapters cover regulatory matters and human safety and environmental risks of antimicrobial polymers. INDICE: Foreword (Editors). 1. Antimicrobial Packaging Polymers. A GeneralIntroduction (José María Lagarón, María José Ocio Zapata, Amparo López-Rubio). 2. Bacterial Resistance and Challenges of Biocide Plastics (Dr. Nibras AAM Ahmed). 3. Click Chemistry to Derived Antimicrobial Polymers (P. Lecomte, R. Riva, C.Jérôme). 4. Chitosan and Chitosan Blends as Antimicrobials (P. Fernandez-Saiz). 5. Thymol in Nanocomposites. A Case Study (Dr. Maria Dolores Sanchez-Garcia). 6. Bacteriocins in Plastics (Gianluigi Mauriello and Francesco Villani). 7. Antimicrobial Enzymes and Natural Extracts in Plastics (Marcella Mastromatteo, Marianna Mastromatteo, Amalia Conte, Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile). 8. Antimicrobial Peptides (Jose F. Marcos, Paloma Manzanares). 9. Recombinant Antimicrobial Peptides (J. Carlos, Rodriquez-Cabello, Carmen García-Arévalo, Alessandra Girotti, Laura Martin, Mercedes Santos). 10. Novel Antimicrobials Obtained by Electrospinning Methods (Sergio Torres-Giner). 11. Silver and Nanosilver Based Plastic Technologies (Antonio Martínez-Abad). 12. Antimicrobial Plastics Based on Metal-Containing Nanolayered Clays (Jose M. Lagaron, María A. Busolo). 13. Nanometals as Antimicrobials (R. P. Allaker, M. A. Vargas-Reus, G. G.Ren). 14. Titanium Dioxide-Based Plastic Technologies (Marta Fernández-García, María L. Cerrada, Anna Kubacka and Marcos Fernández-García). 15. Tissue-Implant Antimicrobial Interfaces (E. Marsich, A Travan, I. Donati, G. Turco, F. Bellomo and Prof. S. Paoletti). 16. Characterizing the Interactions between CellMembranes and Antimicrobials via Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy (Christopher W. Avery and Zhan Chen). 17. Gas-Based Antimicrobials in Active Packaging (Siriyupa Netramai, Maria Rubino, and Loong-Tak Lim). 18. Current Legislation in Antimicrobials (Javier Gómez). 19. Human Safety and Environmental Concerns Associated with the Use of Biocides (Orla Condell, Carol Iversen, Karen Power and Séamus Fanning).
- ISBN: 978-0-470-59822-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 586
- Fecha Publicación: 06/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés