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Environmental Materials Science Lab
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The lab develops food packaging materials from wood and plant-derived materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Making food packaging materials from woody biomass
The Environmental Materials Science Lab studies paper and films for food packaging made from woody biomass and polysaccharides.
Its work includes antibacterial paper for food packaging made with tree essential oils such as hinoki cypress oil, and packaging films made from cellulose.
In the College's list of research fields, the lab appears as "Environmental Materials Science" under Forest Resource Materials in the Environmental Engineering course.
Key terms
- Woody biomass
- Biological resources derived from trees, such as wood. It is rich in polysaccharides such as cellulose
- β-cyclodextrin
- A sugar in which glucose units are linked in a ring. Its interior can hold essential oils, so it is used to encapsulate them
- Cellulose nanofiber
- A fiber made by reducing cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, to nanometer-scale thickness
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to make paper and films for food packaging from woody biomass and polysaccharides. Its work includes antibacterial paper made with essential oils and packaging films made from cellulose.
*Illustrative imageAntibacterial paper for food packaging made with essential oils
The lab studies encapsulating essential oils, such as those of hinoki cypress and tea tree, with β-cyclodextrin. For the hinoki cypress oil capsules, it examines the antibacterial effect against Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria, and explores their use in antibacterial paper for food packaging.
*Illustrative imageFilms for food packaging
The lab studies using bamboo-derived cellulose nanofibers in carboxymethyl cellulose films to improve their strength and barrier properties. It also works on films that combine gelatin and zein.
MembersFaculty
- Assistant ProfessorKong Peifu
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Empty paper bag from a Five Guys meal” Ser Amantio di Nicolao / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Antibacterial paper for food packaging made with essential oils: “Aluminium en plastic folie verpakkingsmateriaal - Aluminium and plastic foil food packaging - The Netherlands, May 2020” Hansmuller / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Films for food packaging: “Biodegradable food packaging including coffee cups and holder” Meanwell Packaging / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Science Lab): “Tomato cultivation in France (2)” Mouh2jijel / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Fruit Tree Production and Utilization Lab): “Fruitboomgaard in Zetten, in de streek de Over-Betuwe” Cultureel Gelderland / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Breeding Lab): “Cucumis melo - Диня - Український сорт Забавка” Zenon Sych / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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