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 …

Carrageenan is a polysaccharide derived from red algae (seaweed) with enormous
economic potential in a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, food …

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 …

The thermoreversible gelation behaviour of aqueous κ-carrageenan solution with addition of
sucrose (up to 30 wt%) was investigated via small and large deformation oscillatory …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the microscopic techniques with the highest lateral
resolution. It can usually be applied in air or even in liquids, enabling the investigation of a …

Natural biopolymers have inspired the development of synthetic analogues that can adopt
defined conformations and assemble into 3D architectures. These compounds are mainly …

Biocompatible, nontoxic, and biodegradable polysaccharides are considered as a promising
base for bio-inspired materials, applicable as scaffolds in regenerative medicine, coatings in …

The need to replace renewable polymers such as marine-based resources with non-
biodegradable, plastic polymers has increased due to environmental issues. Carrageenan …

Polysaccharides are ubiquitous in nature and represent an essential class of biopolymers
with multiple levels of conformation and structural hierarchy. However, a standardized …

Starch is an important source of energy in the human diet with a variety of taste, texture,
physicochemical, and organoleptic properties which is greatly influenced by processing …