Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Color Plates -- Antimicrobial Packaging Polymers. A General Introduction / Još M Lagar̤n, Mar̕a J Ocio, Amparo L̤pez-Rubio -- Bacterial Resistance and Challenges of Biocide Plastics / Nibras A A M Ahmed -- ₃Click Chemistry₄ to Derived Antimicrobial Polymers / P Lecomte, R Riva, C J̌r̥me -- Chitosan and Chitosan Blends as Antimicrobials / Patricia Fernandez-Saiz -- Thymol in Nanocomposites. A Case Study / Maria Dolores Sanchez-Garcia -- Bacteriocins in Plastics / Gianluigi Mauriello, Francesco Villani -- Antimicrobial Enzymes and Natural Extracts in Plastics / Marcella Mastromatteo, Marianna Mastromatteo, Amalia Conte, Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile -- Antimicrobial Peptides / Jose F Marcos, Paloma Manzanares -- Recombinant Antimicrobial Peptides / J Carlos Rodr̕guez-Cabello, Carmen Garc̕a-Ařvalo, Alessandra Girotti, Laura Mart̕n, Mercedes Santos -- Novel Antimicrobials Obtained by Electrospinning Methods / Sergio Torres-Giner -- Silver- and Nanosilver-Based Plastic Technologies / Antonio Mart̕nez-Abad -- Antimicrobial Plastics Based on Metal-Containing Nanolayered Clays / Još M Lagar̤n, Maria A Busolo -- Nanometals as Antimicrobials / R P Allaker, M A Vargas-Reus, G G Ren -- Titanium Dioxide-Based Plastic Technologies / Marta Ferǹndez-Garc̕a, Mar̕a L Cerrada, Anna Kubacka, Marcos Ferǹndez-Garc̕a -- Tissue-Implant Antimicrobial Interfaces / E Marsich, A Travan, I Donati, G Turco, F Bellomo, S Paoletti -- Characterizing the Interactions between Cell Membranes and Antimicrobials via Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy / Christopher W Avery, Zhan Chen -- Gas-Based Antimicrobials in Active Packaging / Siriyupa Netramai, Maria Rubino, Loong-Tak Lim -- Current Legislation in Antimicrobials / Javier G̤mez -- Human Safety and Environmental Concerns Associated with the Use of Biocides / Orla Condell, Carol Iversen, Karen Power, Šamus Fanning -- Index.

S book focuses on the coupling of plastics and biocides, with particular concentration on natural biocides and the nanofabrication of biocides, and of their final properties and activity. Chapters address the key technologies employed to impart antimicrobial behavior to polymers, including chemical modification of the polymers themselves, as well as discussing applications in food packaging, medical devices, nanomaterials, and coatings. The coverage balances outlining the technologies with explaining the mechanisms of antimicrobial behavior. Concluding chapters cover regulatory matters and human safety and environmental risks of antimicrobial polymers.

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