@article{
author = "Radovanović, Neda and Malagurski, Ivana and Lević, Steva and Nesić, Aleksandra and Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo and Kalusević, Ana and Nedović, Viktor and Pavlović, Vladimir and Dimitrijević-Branković, Suzana",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Agar-based composites with different Zn-carbonate mineral phase content were prepared by in situ mineralization and the solvent casting method. The mineral phase within the composite films was identified as hydrozincite, Zn-5(CO3)(2)(OH)(6). The presence of the mineral phase improved, both mechanical and water vapor permeability properties of the obtained composite films, in a concentration-dependent manner. The release of zinc ions from composite films is in accepted levels (up to 2.5%), and sufficient to provide complete inhibition growth of S. Aureus. The results of this study suggest that agar/Zn-carbonate composites could be potentially used as affordable, eco-friendly and functional materials with tunable properties for food packaging, agriculture or biomedical application. In situ procedure offers possibilities for tailoring the physical-chemical properties of composite films, by varying the Zn-mineral phase load.",
publisher = "Elsevier, Amsterdam",
journal = "Materials Letters",
title = "Influence of different concentrations of Zn-carbonate phase on physical-chemical properties of antimicrobial agar composite films",
volume = "255",
doi = "10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126572"
}