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Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2012. - 600 p.Antimicrobial packaging polymers. a general introduction
Bacterial resistance and challenges of biocide plastics
Click chemistry to derived antimicrobial polymers
Chitosan and chitosan blends as antimicrobials
Thymol in nanocomposites. a case study
Bacteriocins in plastics
Antimicrobial enzymes and natural extracts in plastics
Antimicrobial peptides
Recombinant antimicrobial peptides
Novel antimicrobials obtained by electrospinning methods
Silver- and nanosilver-based plastic technologies
Antimicrobial plastics based on metal-containing nanolayered clays
Nanometals as antimicrobials
Titanium dioxide-based plastic technologies
Tissue-implant antimicrobial interfaces
Characterizing the interactions between cell membranes and antimicrobials via sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy
Gas-based antimicrobials in active packaging
Current legislation in antimicrobials
Human safety and environmental concerns associated with the use of biocides