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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816688203321

Titolo

Antimicrobial polymers / / edited by Jose Maria Lagaron, Maria Jose Ocio, Amparo Lopez Rubio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2012

ISBN

1-283-33749-5

9786613337498

1-118-15088-0

1-118-15087-2

1-118-15085-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (611 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LagaronJose Maria

OcioMaria Jose

RubioAmparo Lopez

Disciplina

668.4

Soggetti

Antimicrobial polymers

Materials - Microbiology

Plastics - Additives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Antimicrobial Polymers; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1: Antimicrobial Packaging Polymers. A General Introduction; 2: Bacterial Resistance and Challenges of Biocide Plastics; 3: ""Click Chemistry"" to Derived Antimicrobial Polymers; 4: Chitosan and Chitosan Blends as Antimicrobials; 5: Thymol in Nanocomposites. A Case Study; 6: Bacteriocins in Plastics; 7: Antimicrobial Enzymes and Natural Extracts in Plastics; 8: Antimicrobial Peptides; 9: Recombinant Antimicrobial Peptides; 10: Novel Antimicrobials Obtained by Electrospinning Methods; 11: Silver- and Nanosilver-Based Plastic Technologies

12: Antimicrobial Plastics Based on Metal-Containing Nanolayered Clays13: Nanometals as Antimicrobials; 14: Titanium Dioxide-Based Plastic Technologies; 15: Tissue-Implant Antimicrobial Interfaces; 16: Characterizing the Interactions Between Cell Membranes and Antimicrobials Via Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy; 17: Gas-Based Antimicrobials in Active Packaging; 18:



Current Legislation in Antimicrobials; 19: Human Safety and Environmental Concerns Associated with the Use of Biocides; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pioneering guide on the design, processing, and testing of antimicrobial plastic materials and coatings  The manifestation of harmful microbes in plastic materials used in medical devices and drugs, water purification systems, hospital equipment, textiles, and food packaging pose alarming health threats to consumers by exposing them to many serious infectious diseases. As a result, high demand for intensifying efforts in the R&D of antimicrobial polymers has placed heavy reliance on both academia and industry to find viable solutions for producing safer plastic materials. To