Nano-fibrous biopolymers as building blocks for gel networks: Interactions, characterization, and applications DOI Creative Commons
Xiaohui Mao, Yujie Liu, Chenyu Qiao

et al.

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 338, P. 103398 - 103398

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Biopolymers derived from natural resources are highly abundant, biodegradable, and biocompatible, making them promising candidates to replace non-renewable fossil fuels mitigate environmental health impacts. Nano-fibrous biopolymers possessing advantages of entangle with each other through inter-/intra-molecular interactions, serving as ideal building blocks for gel construction. These biopolymer nanofibers often synergize nano-building enhance gels desirable functions eco-friendliness across various applications in biomedical, environmental, energy sectors. The interactions directly affect the assembly blocks, which determines structure gels, integrity connected influencing mechanical properties performance specific applications. This review focuses on four (cellulose, chitin, silk, collagen), commonly used preparations, representatives polysaccharides polypeptides. covalent non-covalent between materials have been categorized discussed relation resulting network structures properties. Nanomechanical characterization techniques, such surface forces apparatus (SFA) atomic force microscopy (AFM), employed precisely quantify intermolecular blocks. these classified correlated their act "sewing threads", connecting all establish suitable functions. aims provide a comprehensive understanding involved preparation design principles needed achieve targeted functional gels.

Language: Английский

Nano-fibrous biopolymers as building blocks for gel networks: Interactions, characterization, and applications DOI Creative Commons
Xiaohui Mao, Yujie Liu, Chenyu Qiao

et al.

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 338, P. 103398 - 103398

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Biopolymers derived from natural resources are highly abundant, biodegradable, and biocompatible, making them promising candidates to replace non-renewable fossil fuels mitigate environmental health impacts. Nano-fibrous biopolymers possessing advantages of entangle with each other through inter-/intra-molecular interactions, serving as ideal building blocks for gel construction. These biopolymer nanofibers often synergize nano-building enhance gels desirable functions eco-friendliness across various applications in biomedical, environmental, energy sectors. The interactions directly affect the assembly blocks, which determines structure gels, integrity connected influencing mechanical properties performance specific applications. This review focuses on four (cellulose, chitin, silk, collagen), commonly used preparations, representatives polysaccharides polypeptides. covalent non-covalent between materials have been categorized discussed relation resulting network structures properties. Nanomechanical characterization techniques, such surface forces apparatus (SFA) atomic force microscopy (AFM), employed precisely quantify intermolecular blocks. these classified correlated their act "sewing threads", connecting all establish suitable functions. aims provide a comprehensive understanding involved preparation design principles needed achieve targeted functional gels.

Language: Английский

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