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Nanomaterials Incorporated Intelligent Food Packing for the Detection and Prevention of Microbial Contamination and Spoilage
(CRC Press, 2025) Dadi, S.; Temu, N.; Ozdemir, E.; Nisari, M.; Azizoglu, U.; Öçsoy, I.
Food packaging plays a critical role in the quality and safety of food and the health of consumers. Environmental factors such as food storage conditions (temperature and light) and microbial contamination are highly effective in food spoilage. Environmental factors on traditional food packaging can negatively affect the shelf life of food products, which poses significant risks to human health. To track the quality and safety of food, the development of intelligent food packaging technologies has received great attention from researchers. The advances in food packaging technology emphasize the importance of developing real-time-traceable, long shelf life, microbial contamination–inhibiting, and biocompatible packaging solutions. In recent years, various nanomaterials (NMs) in the development of intelligent food packaging have been used. NM-based food packaging exhibits many properties, such as antimicrobial and antioxidant effects, electrical conductivity, thermal stability, and catalytic activity. In this chapter, we present a broad overview of NM-based intelligent packaging systems for sensing and preventing microbial contamination and food spoilage. © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Priya Sutaoney, Priyambada Singh, Durgesh Nandini Chauhan, Nagendra Singh Chauhan, and Kamal Shah; individual chapters, the contributors.
Stimuli-Responsive and Self-Assembled Sericin Materials for Various Applications
(Elsevier, 2025) Arabaci, N.; Demirbas, A.; Dadi, S.; Dogan, F.; Öçsoy, I.
The silkworm cocoon's structural integrity is maintained by sericin, which acts as a sticky binding layer that envelops the fibroin fibers, effectively holding them together. In the silk industry, sericin is removed from the structure of fibroin during the degumming process in order to provide the silk's whiteness, softness, and smoothness and also to make it dyeable. Sericin, which is separated from the fibroin of the cocoon by the degumming process in the textile industry in the production of silk fabric, is discarded as waste material. This waste helps cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation in sericin-based materials, owing to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, and bioactivity features. Due to all these specific features, sericin protein is involved in the production of various biomaterials such as films, hydrogels, scaffolds, conduits, fibers, and devices used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.