Food waste eggshell valorization through development of new composites: A review

V Vandeginste - Sustainable materials and technologies, 2021 - Elsevier
The total amount of annual eggshell waste is similar as the amount of plastics waste input in
the oceans every year. Hence, the management of this eggshell waste is a major challenge …

Sustainable nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Y Zhang, K Poon, GSP Masonsong, Y Ramaswamy… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Significant progress in nanotechnology has enormously contributed to the design and
development of innovative products that have transformed societal challenges related to …

Egg shell-derived calcium phosphate/carbon dot nanofibrous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: Fabrication and characterization

S Shafiei, M Omidi, F Nasehi, H Golzar… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent exciting findings of the particular properties of Carbon dot (CDs) have shed light on
potential biomedical applications of CDs-containing composites. While CDs so far have …

Magnetically actuated intelligent hydrogel-based child-parent microrobots for targeted drug delivery

W Chen, Y Wen, X Fan, M Sun, C Tian… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Small intestine-targeted drug delivery by oral administration has aroused the growing
interest of researchers. In this work, the child-parent microrobot (CPM) as a vehicle protects …

Eggshell derived hydroxyapatite microspheres for chromatographic applications by a novel dissolution-precipitation method

A Ashokan, V Rajendran, TSS Kumar… - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydroxyapatite ((Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 (OH) 2, HAp) based chromatography matrix has
attracted great interest in the field of protein separation. However, researchers have been …

Drug delivery application of functional nanomaterials synthesized using natural sources

M Veerapandian, S Ramasundaram, P Jerome… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials (NMs) synthesized from natural sources have been attracting greater
attention, due to their intrinsic advantages including biocompatibility, stimuli-responsive …

Chitosan/nanohydroxyapatite composite based scallop shells as an efficient adsorbent for mercuric ions: Static and dynamic adsorption studies

AF Hassan, R Hrdina - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan/nanohydroxyapatite composites based on scallop shells (CP12, CP14 and CP21)
were prepared with different chitosan: nanohydroxyapatite ratios (1: 2, 1: 4 and 2: 1 …

Development of biodegradable and vermicompostable films based on alginate and waste eggshells

V Villanueva, F Valdés, RN Zúñiga… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of biofilms to replace plastics is urgent, due to the high environmental
pollution caused by the non-biodegradable packaging. The objective of this study was to …

Avian egg: a multifaceted biomaterial for tissue engineering

S Mahdavi, A Amirsadeghi, A Jafari… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Avian eggs offer a natural and environmentally friendly source of raw materials, and many of
their components hold great potential in tissue engineering. An avian egg consists of several …

Magnetic untethered peanutlike millirobot motion mode switching control

W Chen, X Chen, M Yang, X Fan, C Tian… - IEEE/ASME …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A brand new magnetic untethered peanutlike millirobot (MUPM) was created with two
different motion modes—rolling motion and crablike motion, and designed to be actuated …