Encapsulating biocontrol bacteria with starch as a safe and edible biopolymer to alleviate plant diseases: A review

RS Riseh, M Hassanisaadi, M Vatankhah… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Healthy foods with few artificial additives are in high demand among consumers. Preserving
conventional pesticides, frequently used as chemicals to control phytopathogens, is …

Layer-by-layer biomaterials for drug delivery

D Alkekhia, PT Hammond… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Controlled drug delivery formulations have revolutionized treatments for a range of health
conditions. Over decades of innovation, layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly has emerged as …

Chemical communication at the synthetic cell/living cell interface

V Mukwaya, S Mann, H Dou - Communications Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Although the complexity of synthetic cells has continued to increase in recent years,
chemical communication between protocell models and living organisms remains a key …

Chitosan-based biomaterials: insights into chemistry, properties, devices, and their biomedical applications

S Petroni, I Tagliaro, C Antonini, M D'Arienzo, SF Orsini… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a marine-origin polysaccharide obtained from the deacetylation of chitin, the
main component of crustaceans' exoskeleton, and the second most abundant in nature …

Fabrication and application of complex microcapsules: A review

MG Bah, HM Bilal, J Wang - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of new functional materials requires cutting-edge technologies for
incorporating different functional materials without reducing their functionality …

Layer-by-layer assembly of two-dimensional materials: meticulous control on the nanoscale

J Lipton, GM Weng, JA Rӧhr, H Wang, AD Taylor - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, MXenes, and transition-metal
dichalcogenides have recently gained substantial attention for their superlative …

Recent advances in chitosan-based layer-by-layer biomaterials and their biomedical applications

B Hu, Y Guo, H Li, X Liu, Y Fu, F Ding - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, chitosan-based biomaterials have been continually and extensively
researched by using layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly, due to their potentials in biomedicine …

Nanobiohybrids: Materials approaches for bioaugmentation

Z Guo, JJ Richardson, B Kong, K Liang - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Nanobiohybrids, synthesized by integrating functional nanomaterials with living systems,
have emerged as an exciting branch of research at the interface of materials engineering …

Advanced CaCO3-derived delivery systems for bioactive compounds

C Tan, C Dima, M Huang, E Assadpour, J Wang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) has long been used as a delivery system owing to its wide
availability, biocompatibility, and degradability. However, it often suffers from many …

Biomaterials and encapsulation techniques for probiotics: Current status and future prospects in biomedical applications

Q Sun, S Yin, Y He, Y Cao, C Jiang - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Probiotics have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their potential
advantages in diverse biomedical applications, such as acting as antimicrobial agents …