Improvement in antibacterial and functional properties of mussel-inspired cellulose nanofibrils/gelatin nanocomposites incorporated with graphene oxide for active packaging

Inspired by the natural mussel chemical engineering, we proposed a novel and biomimetic strategy for the fabrication of strong integrated gelatin/cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) nanocomposite materials reinforced with functional graphene oxide (GO) nanohybrids. GO nanosheets were chemically reduced and dip-coated to yield poly(dopamine) (PDA)-functionalized GO (PGO) via self-polymerization of catechol-containing dopamine. Furthermore, Ag...