Recent advances of sustainable Short-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (Scl-PHAs) – Plant biomass composites

European Polymer Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 187, P. 111882 - 111882

Published: Feb. 6, 2023

Language: Английский

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Biocompatible green technology principles for the fabrication of food packaging material with noteworthy mechanical and antimicrobial properties-- A sustainable developmental goal towards the effective, safe food preservation strategy

Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 336, P. 139240 - 139240

Published: June 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Recent advances in sustainable biopolymer-based nanocomposites for smart food packaging: A review

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 279, P. 135583 - 135583

Published: Sept. 11, 2024

Language: Английский

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Recent trends in the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) based biocomposites by blending with different bio-based polymers

Journal of Polymer Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 31(4)

Published: March 15, 2024

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Innovation: Fabrication and Characterization of Mycelium-Based Green Composites for Modern Interior Materials Using Agro-Industrial Wastes and Different Species of Fungi

Polymers, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(4), P. 550 - 550

Published: Feb. 18, 2024

Mycelium-based bio-composites (MBCs) represent a sustainable and innovative material with high potential for contemporary applications, particularly in the field of modern interior design. This research investigates fabrication MBCs materials using agro-industrial wastes (bamboo sawdust corn pericarp) different fungal species. The study focuses on determining physical properties, including moisture content, shrinkage, density, water absorption, volumetric swelling, thermal degradation, mechanical properties (bending, compression, impact, tensile strength). results indicate variations content shrinkage based species substrate types, bamboo exhibiting lower shrinkage. obtained density values range from 212.31 to 282.09 kg/m3, comparable traditional materials, suggesting diverse fields, especially as elements. Water absorption swelling demonstrate influence species, although they do not significantly impact characteristics decoration materials. Thermal degradation analysis aligns established patterns, showcasing suitability various applications. Scanning electron microscope observations reveal morphological features MBCs, emphasizing role mycelia binding particles. Mechanical exhibit bending, strength, demonstrating compatibility used Those produced L. sajor-caju G. fornicatum show promising this context. Particularly noteworthy are their superior compression surpassing observed certain synthetic foams multiple times. Moreover, reveals biodegradability reaching standards environmentally friendly A comprehensive comparison further supports material. Challenges standardization, production scalability, market adoption identified, need ongoing research, engineering advancements, biotechnological innovations. These efforts aim enhance MBC promoting sustainability while also facilitating expansion into mass within construction market.

Language: Английский

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Structure, Properties, and Recent Developments in Polysaccharide- and Aliphatic Polyester-Based Packaging—A Review

Journal of Composites Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 114 - 114

Published: March 21, 2024

Food packaging plays an imperative role in the food processing sector by safeguarding foods from their point of harvesting until moment consumption. In recent years, biopolymers have attracted attention scientific community as alternative to conventional materials. Among available biopolymer sources, a lot focus has been on polysaccharides due superior barrier properties against gases, oils, and odors versatility. Moreover, there is also growing interest aliphatic polyester potential replacement for petrochemical-based synthetic plastics. Both polyesters gained popularity sustainable unique characteristics, including low cost, availability, biodegradability, gas moisture properties, film-forming capabilities, excellent heat resistance, ability be processed into films, trays, coatings. This review highlights structural features, advancements several vital polysaccharides, namely, starch, chitosan, cellulose, alginate, pectin, carrageenan, polyesters, polylactic acid (PLA) polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) developing materials, applications industry. Conventional future perspectives biopolymer-based are comprehensively covered this review.

Language: Английский

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Modified polysaccharides for food packaging applications: A review

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 258, P. 128916 - 128916

Published: Dec. 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Bio-Based and Biodegradable Polymeric Materials for a Circular Economy

Polymers, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(21), P. 3015 - 3015

Published: Oct. 28, 2024

Nowadays, plastic contamination worldwide is a concerning reality that can be addressed with appropriate society education as well looking for innovative polymeric alternatives based on the reuse of waste and recycling circular economy point view, thus taking into consideration future world without quite impossible to conceive. In this regard, in review, we focus sustainable materials, biodegradable bio-based polymers, additives, micro/nanoparticles used obtain new environmentally friendly polymeric-based materials. Although polymers possess poorer overall properties than traditional ones, they have gained huge interest many industrial sectors due their inherent biodegradability natural environments. Therefore, several strategies been proposed improve extend applications. Blending strategies, development composites nanocomposites, shown promising perspectives improving performances, emphasizing biopolymeric blend formulations micro nanoparticles produce fully The Review also summarizes recent developments blends, composites, nanocomposite plasticization, particular naturally derived plasticizers chemical modifications increase compatibility matrices. current state art most important reviewed, mainly focusing synthesis processing methods scalable sector, such melt solution blending approaches like melt-extrusion, injection molding, film forming electrospinning, among others, neglecting degradation processes.

Language: Английский

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Smart and sustainable: Exploring the future of PHAs biopolymers for 3D printing in tissue engineering

Sustainable materials and technologies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38, P. e00750 - e00750

Published: Oct. 17, 2023

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable biopolymers (polyesters), produced by a wide range of bacterial strains. They gaining increasing interest in different research fields, due to their sustainability and environmental-friendly properties. Additionally, PHAs also biocompatible, which makes them interesting for tissue engineering regenerative medicine. At the same time, they characterized properties ideal 3D printing processing, such as high tensile strength, easy processability thermoplasticity. To date, techniques employed mostly include fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS), electrospinning (ES), melt (MES). In this review, we provide comprehensive summary versatile sustainably sourced PHAs, modified blending with natural synthetic polymers (e.g., PLA, PGA) or combining inorganic fillers nanoparticles, glass), used biomedical applications. We specify focus on conditions obtained scaffolds print resolution mechanical biological New perspectives emerging field biofabrication process, efficiency scaffold production, demonstrated. The use alternative techniques, i.e. electrowriting (MEW), producing smart functional materials degrading demand under vitro vivo is proposed.

Language: Английский

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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) nanocomposites modified with even and odd chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 244, P. 125324 - 125324

Published: June 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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