Code
01G00120
Duration
01 January 2020 → 31 October 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Food packaging, preservation and safety
Keywords
non-thermal plasma
food microbiology
food chemistry
mild preservation
food packaging
antibacterial coatings
Project description
This project intends to gather fundamental information on plasma-assisted food decontamination as alternative for heating processes. Focus will be on probing the nature and density of plasma species in different gas mixtures and the corresponding antimicrobial efficacy and chemical degradation of
food. Additionally, the potential of plasma-polymerized antimicrobial coatings for food packaging applications will also be explored.