Increasing concerns about exhausting the natural resources and growing global
environmental issues caused by petro-based materials have resulted in the emergence of …

Seaweed and cellulose are promising natural polymers. This article reviews the basic
information and recent developments of both seaweed and cellulose biopolymer materials …

The application of bio-based materials such as biodegradable films for food packaging to
reduce the use of non-biodegradable petroleum-based food packaging materials is of great …

The increasingly serious environmental pollution caused by petroleum-based
nondegradable plastics has evoked intense research interest in the development of …

The objective of this study was to produce high-performance and biodegradable starch
nanocomposites through film casting by using corn starch/nanofibrillated cellulose (CS/NFC) …

Starch is a biodegradable biopolymer, a sustainable material that can replace conventional
petrochemical-based plastics. However, starch has some limitations, as it must be …

Starches from different vegetal sources (tuber, cereal and legume) were plasticized with an
invariant glycerol content and reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals by solution casting …

The green composite cassava starch films were prepared using stearic acid modified
microcrystalline cellulose (M-MCC)/nanocellulose (M-NCC) as strength agent, which shows …

Nanocomposite films prepared from starch (ST) in the presence of cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) was performed using grape pomace as raw material. CNCs were obtained by acid …

The fabrication of transparent wood (TPW) has generated lot of interest in the recent past
due to its favorable physical, mechanical and fascinating optical properties. The present …