In the last years, scientists and engineers have designed a wide range of polymeric systems capable responding to internal or external stimuli. There is a great range of responsive polymers that are sensitive to different ...

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process by means of which three-dimensional objects can be manufactured using a laser beam to selectively sinter powder particles. Many are the advantages of ...

Since the late 1980s, the scientific community has been attracted to microwave (MW) energy as an alternative method of heating, due to its peculiarity to be a volumetric process in which heat is generated within the material ...

The main goal of food packaging is to protect the food from physical, chemical and biological contaminations. The environmental impact of conventional food packaging directed research towards new packaging strategies based ...

Nowadays, the necessity of a full transition towards green chemistry has become of fundamental importance. In order to guarantee such transition, an increasing reduction of fossil-based sources and, consequently, a growing ...

Italy is the 2nd country in the world for tomato transformation after USA, due to 5 million tons of processed fresh fruits every year [1]. The Campania Region, due to its long-standing experience, is the main and biggest ...

The interest in the production of novel polymer/active compound composites has increased over time as a response to the main issues encountered in the pharmaceutical field. Nowadays, polymeric carriers are employed to ...