When people think of packaging, it’s easy to think that most materials are homogeneous (that is, the same type of material throughout): you have plastic films, metal foils, and paper and cardboard packaging, all straightforward and rather basic on their own. However, this is the 21st century, an era of scientific innovation spurred on by efficiency and sustainability. One such hybrid packaging material comes in the form of metallized films, polymer products embedded with a layer of metal to grant an...