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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Preparation of pH-Indicative and Flame-Retardant Nanocomposite Films for Smart Packaging Applications.

Nedal Abu-Thabit, Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Khaled Mezghani, Elaref Ratemi, Mohamed Elzagheid, Yunusa Umar, Adhi Primartomo, Sirhan Al Batty, Abdul Kalam Azad, Sami Al Anazi and 1 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nedal Abu-ThabitDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.
Abbas Saeed HakeemCenter of Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1422-442X
Khaled MezghaniMechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Elaref RatemiDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-2646
Mohamed ElzagheidDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8945-9544
Yunusa UmarDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8967-8998
Adhi PrimartomoDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.
Sirhan Al BattyDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.
Abdul Kalam AzadDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0279-2606
Sami Al AnaziDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.
Ayman AhmadDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8511-4338
Jubail Industrial College · SAKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an increasing demand for sustainable and safe packaging technologies to improve consumer satisfaction, reduce food loss during storage and transportation, and track the quality status of food throughout its distribution. This study reports the fabrication of colorimetric pH-indicative and flame-retardant nanocomposite films (NCFs) based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and nanoclays for smart and safe food packaging applications. Tough, flexible, and transparent NCFs were obtained using 15% nanoclay loading (PVA-15) with superior properties, including low solubility/swelling in water and high thermal stability with flame-retardant behavior. The NCFs showed average mechanical properties that are comparable to commercial films for packaging applications. The color parameters were recorded at different pH values and the prepared NCFs showed distinctive colorimetric pH-responsive behavior during the transition from acidic to alkaline medium with high values for the calculated color difference (∆E ≈ 50). The prepared NCFs provided an effective way to detect the spoilage of the shrimp samples via monitoring the color change of the NCFs during the storage period. The current study proposes the prepared NCFs as renewable candidates for smart food packaging featuring colorimetric pH-sensing for monitoring food freshness as well as a safer alternative choice for applications that demand films with fire-retardant properties.

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colorimetricflame-retardantfoodnanoclaynanocompositepackagingpHPVAsensor

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PMID32977576
PMCPMC7582257
OpenAlexW3087874345

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