Intrinsically Antibacterial Carbon Nanoparticles Optimally Entangle into Polymeric Films to Produce Composite Packaging

Abstract The quality of food, pharmaceutical, or sustainability products is generally maintained through optimal storage conditions or the use of packaging films. Herein, an intrinsically antibacterial and improvised polylactic acid-based film (hpp-PLA-film) has been produced by introducing a microwave-assisted synthesis process of carbon nanoparticles produced from hemp fibers (hf-CNPs). These high-performance packaging (hpp-PLA) films were produced with different percentages of loaded hf-CNPs, i.e., 0.05 and 0.5% (w/w), called hpp-PLA-0.05-film and hpp-PLA-0.5-film, respectively. The chemical entangling of hf-CNPs in PLA films