Bioplastic made from seaweed polysaccharides with green production methods

C Lim, S Yusoff, CG Ng, PE Lim, YC Ching - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to analyze the practicability of forming seaweed films and their viability of
enhancing the bioplastic market using new green technologies. Seaweeds can form films …

Renewable polyurethanes from sustainable biological precursors

TA Phung Hai, M Tessman, N Neelakantan… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Due to the depletion of fossil fuels, higher oil prices, and greenhouse gas emissions, the
scientific community has been conducting an ongoing search for viable renewable …

Innovative processing strategies and technologies to obtain hydrocolloids from macroalgae for food applications

LP Gomez, C Alvarez, M Zhao, U Tiwari, J Curtin… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
The macroalgal hydrocolloid industry is a rapidly growing industry with an annual growth in
the global production of 2–3%. Hydrocolloids from macroalgae are mainly in the form of …

Perspectives in nanocellulose for crude oil recovery: A minireview

MY Combariza, AP Martinez-Ramirez… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The increasing energy demand worldwide pushes the exploration of new and efficient ways
to improve crude oil recovery and processing. From a chemical perspective, the petroleum …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient antibiotic removal from water using europium-doped poly (vinyl alcohol) nanofiber mats esterified with citric acid

F Coin, CA Rodríguez-Ramírez, FS Oyarbide… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing antibiotic pollution in water poses both environmental and health risks,
contributing to an increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This study proposes a novel …

Cellulose nanofibril-polymer hybrids for protecting drilling fluid at high salinity and high temperature

X Liu, Z Yuan, A Wang, C Wang, J Qu, B Chen… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
A copolymer (PADH) was first synthesized from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid
(AMPS), N, N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA), and 2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) by UV-induced …

[PDF][PDF] Bio-based di-/poly-isocyanates for polyurethanes: An overview

BV Tawade, RD Shingte, S Kuhire… - Polyurethanes …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Owing to the wide range of physico-mechanical and chemical properties, polyurethanes are
industrially important polymers which find multiple applications. Research and …

Electrospun Mats: From white to transparent with a drop

J Cimadoro, L Ribba, S Ledesma… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, the transparency of hydrophilic electrospun mats is studied. Results showing
how transmittance varies under the action of water are presented. It is observed that swelling …

Effect of supercritical carbonation on porous structure and mechanical strength of cementitious materials modified with bacterial nanocellulose

JC Barría, D Manzanal, S Ghabezloo… - Materials and structures, 2023 - Springer
The effect of wet supercritical CO2 (90° C and 20 MPa) on the performance of cement paste
(PC) modified with bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) was investigated. The pore structure of …

Microspheres Based on Blends of Chitosan Derivatives with Carrageenan as Vitamin Carriers in Cosmeceuticals

K Lewicka, A Smola-Dmochowska, P Dobrzyński… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chitosan (CS) has a natural origin and is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer with
many skin-beneficial properties successfully used in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical …