Biomaterials with the ability to self-heal and recover their structural integrity offer many
advantages for applications in biomedicine. The past decade has witnessed the rapid …

This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Pectin is a heteropolysaccharide abundant in the cell wall of plants and is obtained mainly
from fruit (citrus and apple), thus its properties are particularly prone to changes occurring …

Naturally sourced gels from food biopolymers have advanced in recent decades to compare
favourably in performance and breadth of application to their synthetic counterparts. Here …

The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri‐food losses and waste (FLW) into
functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food …

The primary sequence of a biopolymer encodes the essential information for folding,
permitting to carry out sophisticated functions. Inspired by natural biopolymers, peptide and …

Stretchable carrageenan (CG) based double-network (DN) hydrogel has great potential in
flexible energy storage devices. To achieve high conductivity at sub-zero temperatures, one …

Natural occurring polymers, or biopolymers, represent a huge part of our planet biomass.
They are formed by long chains of monomers of the same type or a combination of different …

Natural polysaccharides derived from renewable biomass sources are regarded as
environmentally friendly and sustainable polymers. As the third most abundant …

Macroalgae are valuable and structurally diverse sources of bioactive compounds among
marine resources. The cell walls of macroalgae are rich in polysaccharides which exhibit a …