A nanomaterial-stabilized starch-beeswax Pickering emulsion coating to extend produce shelf-life

BM Trinh, M Smith, TH Mekonnen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a dire need to cut post-harvest food loss to improve global food security, public
health, and sustainable natural resource use. Fruits and vegetables constitute one of the …

UV resistance, anticorrosion and high toughness bio-based waterborne polyurethane enabled by a Sorbitan monooleate

H Deng, F Xie, H Shi, Y Li, S Liu, C Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Sorbitan monooleate (SP) is considered to be a promising renewable polyol with unique
molecular structures for the development and design of bio-based waterborne polyurethane …

High barrier sustainable paper coating based on engineered polysaccharides and natural rubber

A Adibi, D Valdesueiro, L Simon… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The demand for paper-based packaging solutions as an alternative to incumbent single-use
petroleum-based polymers for food packaging applications is ever-increasing. Paper-based …

Sustainable barrier paper coating based on alpha-1, 3 glucan and natural rubber latex

A Adibi, D Valdesueiro, J Mok, N Behabtu… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing interest in utilizing more sustainable and inherently biodegradable
materials alternatives ideally derived from renewable resources for modern material …

Bottom‐Up Synthesized Glucan Materials: Opportunities from Applied Biocatalysis

C Zhong, B Nidetzky - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Linear d‐glucans are natural polysaccharides of simple chemical structure. They are
comprised of d‐glucosyl units linked by a single type of glycosidic bond. Noncovalent …

Sustainable natural rubber composites: masterbatch development of epoxidized natural rubber grafted to designed enzymatic polysaccharides

A Adibi, L Simon, C Lenges… - Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Designed polysaccharides obtained from the enzymatic polymerization of sucrose, are
employed as a sustainable, and functional reinforcing additive for rubber composites. The …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and synergisms with surfactant for enhanced oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs

Z Li, WL Kang, ML Li, HB Yang, TY Zhu, YQ He… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose, a natural polymeric nanomaterial, has attracted significant attention in
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications due to its abundance, nanoscale, high oil–water …

Extensional rheology of condensed milk treated with glucosyl transferases

N O'Brien, NJ Alvarez, N Behabtu, KH Kjær, J Ewert… - Food hydrocolloids, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a constant velocity scheme for filament stretching rheometry as a
valuable and differentiating tool in food science. The methodology is developed to overcome …

Enzymatic polymerization designed alpha-1, 3 glucan particle morphology as reinforcing fillers of dipped and casted rubber films

A Adibi, J Kim, J Mok, C Lenges, L Simon… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, enzymatic polymerization derived microcrystalline glucan (MCG)
polysaccharides fillers were employed as novel sustainable fillers of natural rubber (NR) …

Rheological Behavior for α-1, 3-Glucan Derived from Enzymatic Polymerization of Sucrose

CE Giacomin, K Kim, NJ Wagner - ACS Food Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Semi-crystalline, water-insoluble α-1, 3-glucan, found naturally in mushrooms, can be
applied as a structuring material and is produced industrially through enzymatic …