[HTML][HTML] Lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural waste to the circular economy: a review with focus on biofuels, biocomposites and bioplastics

M Mujtaba, LF Fraceto, M Fazeli, S Mukherjee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Industries are working to minimize their reliance on petrochemicals and petroleum-based
industrial components and replace them with biobased, sustainable, and environmentally …

Nanochitin: chemistry, structure, assembly, and applications

L Bai, L Liu, M Esquivel, BL Tardy, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Turning food protein waste into sustainable technologies

M Peydayesh, M Bagnani, WL Soon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For each kilogram of food protein wasted, between 15 and 750 kg of CO2 end up in the
atmosphere. With this alarming carbon footprint, food protein waste not only contributes to …

Co-ZIF reinforced cow manure biochar (CMB) as an effective peroxymonosulfate activator for degradation of carbamazepine

Y Lei, X Guo, M Jiang, W Sun, H He, Y Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive emissions of cow manure have put tremendous pressure on environment, the
difficulties in disposal methods have presented serious challenges to the livestock industry …

Sustainable bioplastics derived from renewable natural resources for food packaging

X Zhao, Y Wang, X Chen, X Yu, W Li, S Zhang, X Meng… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Food packaging is one of the leading sectors for the end use of plastics. Bioplastic is
produced from natural renewable resources such as crops, wood pulp, and herbaceous …

Recent progress in conductive electrospun materials for flexible electronics: Energy, sensing, and electromagnetic shielding applications

LA Mercante, RS Andre, MHM Facure… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The fast growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) will make traditional silicon-based electronics
not fully capable of meeting market demands for portable, wearable, wireless, and real-time …

Agri-food wastes for bioplastics: European prospective on possible applications in their second life for a circular economy

A Visco, C Scolaro, M Facchin, S Brahimi, H Belhamdi… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agri-food wastes (such as brewer's spent grain, olive pomace, residual pulp from fruit juice
production, etc.) are produced annually in very high quantities posing a serious problem …

Organic waste valorisation towards circular and sustainable biocomposites

E Lizundia, F Luzi, D Puglia - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The adoption of circular production and consumption patterns that counteract the current
issues related to the depletion of natural resources, global warming, and environmental …

Biocompatible nanomaterials in food science, technology, and nutrient drug delivery: recent developments and applications

MMAN Ranjha, B Shafique, A Rehman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanomaterials exist as potential biocompatible materials in nature and are being
synthesized to provide extraordinary characteristics in various food industry sectors …

Recent progress of green biomass based composite materials applied in supercapacitors, sensors, and electrocatalysis

C Xiong, C Zheng, X Jiang, X Xiao, H Wei… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development and design of multifunctional, intelligent, miniaturized, and integrated
materials and devices is a prominent trend in future society. As a renewable resource …