Chemistry, structures, and advanced applications of nanocomposites from biorenewable resources

B Ates, S Koytepe, A Ulu, C Gurses… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Researchers have recently focused on the advancement of new materials from
biorenewable and sustainable sources because of great concerns about the environment …

Recent progress of Ag/TiO2 photocatalyst for wastewater treatment: Doping, co-doping, and green materials functionalization

D Kanakaraju, FD anak Kutiang, YC Lim… - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface modification via doping or functionalization is one of the most commonly applied
approaches for addressing the innate limitations of TiO 2 photocatalysts. Amongst numerous …

Biopolymers and composites: Properties, characterization and their applications in food, medical and pharmaceutical industries

GP Udayakumar, S Muthusamy, B Selvaganesh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymers have occupied an indispensable role in almost all types of industries for their
immense physical and mechanical characteristics, mainly in food, packaging …

[HTML][HTML] Polymeric biomaterials for biophotonic applications

D Shan, E Gerhard, C Zhang, JW Tierney, D Xie, Z Liu… - Bioactive materials, 2018 - Elsevier
With the growing importance of optical techniques in medical diagnosis and treatment, there
exists a pressing need to develop and optimize materials platform for biophotonic …

Development of poly (vinyl alcohol)/agar/maltodextrin coating containing silver nanoparticles for banana (Musa acuminate) preservation

TT Nguyen, TTH Nguyen, BTT Pham, T Van Tran… - Food Packaging and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Banana (Musa acuminate), a popular and abundant agricultural product in Viet Nam
supplying for domestic consumption and the export to other countries, is rich in health …

Light‐guiding biomaterials for biomedical applications

S Shabahang, S Kim, SH Yun - Advanced functional materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Optical techniques used in medical diagnosis, surgery, and therapy require efficient and
flexible delivery of light from light sources to target tissues. While this need is currently …

Chitosan and its derivatives as highly efficient polymer ligands

A Pestov, S Bratskaya - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The polyfunctional nature of chitosan enables its application as a polymer ligand not only for
the recovery, separation, and concentration of metal ions, but for the fabrication of a wide …

Salinity gradient power reverse electrodialysis: Cation exchange membrane design based on polypyrrole-chitosan composites for enhanced monovalent selectivity

RA Tufa, T Piallat, J Hnat, E Fontananova… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is one of the most promising membrane-based processes for
renewable energy generation from mixing two solutions of different salinity. However, the …

Mechanically stable antimicrobial chitosan–PVA–silver nanocomposite coatings deposited on titanium implants

SK Mishra, JMF Ferreira, S Kannan - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Bionanocomposite coatings with antimicrobial activity comprising polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-
capped silver nanoparticles embedded in chitosan (CS) matrix were developed by a green …

Biomimetic synthesis of 3D Au-decorated chitosan nanocomposite for sensitive and reliable SERS detection

F Fu, B Yang, X Hu, H Tang, Y Zhang, X Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a cost-efficient method for detecting analyses at trace level, chitosan-based surface-
enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor is a promising alternative. However, research …