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ArticlePolymers2026

Engineering Active PET Packaging via Corona Treatment and Natural Biocide Coating: Carvacrol and

Pantelis Karaboulis, Areti A Leontiou, Christos Tsakonas, George Paterakis, Margarita Dormousoglou, Andreas Giannakas, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Charalampos Proestos, Costas Galiotis, Constantinos E Salmas and 1 more

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Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Pantelis KaraboulisDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Areti A LeontiouDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0918-7759
Christos TsakonasDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6144-3636
George PaterakisDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6528-5161
Margarita DormousoglouDepartment of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-5166-0614
Andreas GiannakasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Panagiota StathopoulouDepartment of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3941-0990
Charalampos ProestosLaboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3450-5969
Costas GaliotisDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-5488
Constantinos E SalmasDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9475-9354
Aris E GiannakasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3585-9045

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The food packaging industry requires sustainable solutions to reduce plastic waste and replace synthetic additives. This study addresses the need for scalable methods to transform conventional polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging into active food preservation systems using natural biocides. Commercial PET packaging was surface-activated using industrial-scale corona treatment, followed by coating with natural biocides-carvacrol (CV) and

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active packagingcarvacrolcorona treatmentessential oilsfood preservationminced meatnanocoatingnatural biocidetable olivestrans-cinnamaldehyde

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PMID41977558
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