Heavy metals are a notable pollutant in aquatic ecosystems that results in many deadly
diseases of the human body after enrichment through the food chain. As an environmentally …

In many industrial applications, the thermal performance of natural fiber-reinforced polymer
composites attracts much technical and scientific attention. Compared to produced natural …

Agricultural production is influenced by the water content in the soil and availability of
fertilizers. Thus, superabsorbent hydrogels, based on polyacrylamide, natural cashew tree …

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is often associated with the risk of non-traumatic lower extremity
amputations in diabetic patients. Wound dressing with the active therapeutic agent (s) would …

Bioresponsive nanodrug delivery systems have excellent potential in tissue engineering
applications. Poly-anionic and poly-cationic biopolymers have provided a superior platform …

Polysaccharides are among the most potent materials for wound dressing construction. In
this study, antibacterial flexible hydrogel films were prepared through a novel crosslinking of …

A homogeneous α-cellulose film was prepared by a regeneration method from
ZnCl2/CaCl2/cellulose mixed system and was further combined with sodium lignosulfonate …

Pretreating biomass efficiently in an environmentally friendly way is crucial for unlocking its
valuable components. Among various pretreatment techniques, steam explosion (SE) has …

Nanocellulose materials have gained growing interest in the fields of nanotechnology and
materials science due to their outstanding qualities, such as tunable surface chemistry, high …

Vector borne disease such as dengue has been reported to caused millions of deaths every
year. The use of larvicide in killing mosquito larvae at the breeding site is considered as an …