Renewable and sustainable biobased materials: An assessment on biofibers, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites

A Vinod, MR Sanjay, S Suchart… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current global scenario has a great impact on the development of new bio-based
materials due to its vital advantages that are helpful in replacing synthetic and hazardous …

Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

P Makvandi, S Iftekhar, F Pizzetti, A Zarepour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of
applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to …

Metabolic engineering for the synthesis of polyesters: A 100-year journey from polyhydroxyalkanoates to non-natural microbial polyesters

SY Choi, MN Rhie, HT Kim, JC Joo, IJ Cho, J Son… - Metabolic …, 2020 - Elsevier
As concerns increase regarding sustainable industries and environmental pollutions caused
by the accumulation of non-degradable plastic wastes, bio-based polymers, particularly …

Synthesis of block copolymers used in polymersome fabrication: Application in drug delivery

M Hasannia, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic block copolymers are common materials used for the fabrication of various
nanostructures with biomedical applications including nanocapsules, nanospheres, micelles …

Inherent and composite hydrogels as promising materials to limit antimicrobial resistance

R Carpa, A Remizovschi, CA Culda, AL Butiuc-Keul - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has increased significantly in the recent years, and has become a
global problem for human health and the environment. As a result, several technologies for …

Improving release profile and anticancer activity of 5-fluorouracil for breast cancer therapy using a double drug delivery system: chitosan/agarose/γ-alumina …

F Bayat, M Pourmadadi, MM Eshaghi, F Yazdian… - Journal of Cluster …, 2023 - Springer
Chitosan and agarose were crosslinked to form a polymeric hydrogel and γ-alumina
nanoparticles were incorporated within the hydrogel to obtain a nanocomposite for delivery …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles and periodate oxidation in developing pH-sensitive packaging film based on modified gelatin

S Mousazadeh, A Ehsani, EM Kia… - Food Packaging and Shelf …, 2021 - Elsevier
Response surface methodology was used to develop pH-sensitive gelatin-based films
containing red cabbage extract and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs). We also evaluated …

Molecular dynamics simulation study of curcumin interaction with nano-micelle of PNIPAAm-b-PEG co-polymer as a smart efficient drug delivery system

M Rezaeisadat, AK Bordbar, R Omidyan - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug delivery systems can be designed to safely transfer the medicinal compounds into the
body and increase the therapeutic index, consequently. Some useful drug delivery systems …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome type 2‐causing coronavirus: variants and preventive strategies

MO Aydogdu, JL Rohn, NV Jafari, F Brako… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID‐19 vaccines have constituted a substantial scientific leap in countering severe acute
respiratory syndrome type 2‐causing coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2), and worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Light-triggered polymersome-based anticancer therapeutics delivery

E Hernández Becerra, J Quinchia, C Castro, J Orozco - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymersomes are biomimetic cell membrane-like model structures that are self-assembled
stepwise from amphiphilic copolymers. These polymeric (nano) carriers have gained the …