
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>Characterization and Migration of Silver Nanoparticles from Electron-Beam Irradiated Low-Density Polyethylene</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Donovan, Dylan</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>Food science</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Polymer chemistry</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Nanotechnology</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Characterization</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Electron beam irradiation</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Engineered nanomaterials</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Migration</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Polymer nanocomposites</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Silver nanoparticles</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) may find use in a wide range of commercial applications, including food and medical product packaging. Migration of nanofillers from polymer nanocomposites into food matrices could be a source of human dietary exposure to ENMs. Electron beam (e-beam) irradiation is a processing method used for microbial inactivation as well as for modifying properties of polymer films, such as stretch resistance and shrink tension. Process treatment of nanotechnology-based packaging materials either for sterilization or for strengthening of the polymer films may have a significant effect on the migration of ENMs into food matrices. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of e-beam irradiation treatments of LDPE containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and the subsequent migration of AgNPs into a food simulant under intended use conditions. The study observes a correlation between e-beam irradiation dose quantity and the release of AgNPs into a food simulant.</dc:description>
  <dc:contributor>Sandhu, Amandeep</dc:contributor>
  <dc:date>2023</dc:date>
  <dc:type>Thesis</dc:type>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>islandora:1024320</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1024320</dc:identifier>
  <dc:source></dc:source>
  <dc:source>Illinois Institute of Technology</dc:source>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:rights>In
                Copyright</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>Restricted Access</dc:rights>
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