date:May 11, 2012
The team, led by Professor Steve Eichorn of the University of Exeter, are focussing on bio-nanocomposites in cellulose that monitor the degradation of food and resp
ond accordingly.
As a low cost abundant resource with a low environmental impact, this material has a number of inherent benefits for the food packaging industry,said the university.
Prof Eichorns main focus is on cellulosics, the structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, but he has worked on a range of other n