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ArticlePolymers2025

Novel Carvacrol@activated Carbon Nanohybrid for Innovative Poly(lactide Acid)/Triethyl Citrate Based Sustainable Active Packaging Films.

Vassilios K Karabagias, Aris E Giannakas, Areti A Leontiou, Andreas Karydis-Messinis, Dimitrios Moschovas, Nikolaos D Andritsos, Apostolos Avgeropoulos, Nikolaos E Zafeiropoulos, Charalampos Proestos, Constantinos E Salmas

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Carvacrol@ZnO andMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Vassilios K KarabagiasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Aris E GiannakasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3585-9045
Areti A LeontiouDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0918-7759
Andreas Karydis-MessinisDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2773-0703
Dimitrios MoschovasDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2209-8355
Nikolaos D AndritsosDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7784-6424
Apostolos AvgeropoulosDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6203-9942
Nikolaos E ZafeiropoulosDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8107-0075
Charalampos ProestosLaboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3450-5969
Constantinos E SalmasDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9475-9354

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been well known for the past decade that the accumulation of food E-preservatives in the human body has harmful consequences for human health. Furthermore, scientists have realized that despite the convenience offered by petrochemical-derived polymers, a circular economy and sustainability are two current necessities; thus, the use of biodegradable alternative materials is imposed. The food packaging sector is one of the most rapidly changing sectors in the world. In recent years, many studies have focused on the development of active packaging films to replace old non-ecofriendly techniques with novel environmentally friendly methods. In this study, a novel self-healable, biodegradable active packaging film was developed using poly(lactic acid) (PLA) as a biopolymer, which was incorporated with a nanohybrid solid material as a natural preservative. This nanohybrid was derived via the absorption of carvacrol (CV) essential oil in an activated carbon (AC) nanocarrier. A material with a high carvacrol load of 71.3%wt. into AC via a vacuum-assisted adsorption method, functioning as a natural antioxidant and an antibacterial agent. The CV@AC nanohybrid was successfully dispersed in a PLA/triethyl citrate (TEC) matrix via melt extrusion, and a final PLA/TEC/xCV@AC nanocomposite film was developed. The study concluded that x = 10%wt. CV@AC was the optimum nanohybrid amount incorporated in the self-healable PLA/TEC and exhibited 277% higher ultimate strength and 72% higher water barrier compared to the pure PLA/TEC. Moreover, it remained ductile enough to show the slowest CV release rate, highest antioxidant activity, and significant antibacterial activity against

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activated carbonactive packagingcarvacrolminced porkpoly(lactic acid)self-healableshelf lifetriethyl citrate

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PMID40076098
PMCPMC11902435

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