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Current and Potential Applications of
Nanotechnology
Islem A. Yezza
Project Manager
Smart and Sustainable Packaging
Few facts about
food safety and counterfeiting
1. Intelligent packaging
2. Printed intelligence
3. Nanotechnology and packaging
4. Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
5. Take Home…
What we will talk about today
• Intelligent packaging
• Printed intelligence
• Nanotechnology…and packaging
• Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
• Take Home…
IP: Track, Sense and Communicate
• Intelligent packaging
• Printed intelligence
• Nanotechnology and packaging
• Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
• Take Home…
What is printed intelligence?
Printed intelligence are components and systems, which:
• Intelligent packaging
• Printed intelligence
• Nanotechnology and packaging
• Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
• Take Home…
Nanotechnology and intelligent
packaging: market and forecast
Nanotechnology is expected to
have an important influence in
packaging. The major market
trends include:
New functionalities:
• Intelligent packaging
• Printed intelligence
• Nanotechnology and packaging
• Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
• Take Home…
Current and Potential Applications of
Nanotechnology
A specific-pathogen antibody is
attached to a membrane-
forming part of the barcode
Presence of contaminating
bacteria will cause the formation
of a localized dark bar,
rendering the barcode
unreadable upon scanning
Nanosensor packaging under
development
• Intelligent packaging
• Printed intelligence
• Nanotechnology and packaging
• Nano-printed intelligent packaging :
current and potential applications
• Take Home…
Take home…Think outside the box
Islem A. Yezza
Project Manager, Smart and Sustainable Packaging
Email: iyezza@icgq.qc.ca; Tel: 15143895061 # 224