Methods of recycling, properties and applications of recycled thermoplastic polymers

ME Grigore - Recycling, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study aims to provide an updated survey of the main thermoplastic polymers in order to
obtain recyclable materials for various industrial and indoor applications. The synthesis …

Biomaterials for drug delivery patches

LF Santos, IJ Correia, AS Silva, JF Mano - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The limited efficiency of conventional drugs has been instigated the development of new
and more effective drug delivery systems (DDS). Transdermal DDS, are associated with …

Degradation rates of plastics in the environment

A Chamas, H Moon, J Zheng, Y Qiu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Plastic waste is currently generated at a rate approaching 400 Mt year–1. The amount of
plastics accumulating in the environment is growing rapidly, yet our understanding of its …

Wound dressing based on electrospun PVA/chitosan/starch nanofibrous mats: Fabrication, antibacterial and cytocompatibility evaluation and in vitro healing assay

H Adeli, MT Khorasani, M Parvazinia - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrospun nanofibrous mats based on biopolymers have been widely investigated for
tissue engineering in recent years, primarily due to remarkable morphological similarity to …

Thorough evaluation of sweet potato starch and lemon-waste pectin based-edible films with nano-titania inclusions for food packaging applications

KK Dash, NA Ali, D Das, D Mohanta - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodegradable starch-pectin‑titanium oxide nanoparticles (TiO 2-NPs) blend edible films
were developed by casting filmogenic solution of sweet potato starch and lemon waste …

Fabrication of highly efficient phenylphosphorylated chitosan bio-based flame retardants for flammable PLA biomaterial

X Ma, N Wu, P Liu, H Cui - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Modified chitosan (CS)-based flame retardants exhibit promising prospects owing to their
sustainability, biodegradability, and good charring properties. A series of novel modified-CS …

Bone tissue engineering using polycaprolactone scaffolds fabricated via selective laser sintering

JM Williams, A Adewunmi, RM Schek, CL Flanagan… - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a bioresorbable polymer with potential applications for bone and
cartilage repair. In this work, porous PCL scaffolds were computationally designed and then …

Three-dimensional plotted scaffolds with controlled pore size gradients: Effect of scaffold geometry on mechanical performance and cell seeding efficiency

JM Sobral, SG Caridade, RA Sousa, JF Mano, RL Reis - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Scaffolds produced by rapid prototyping (RP) techniques have proved their value for tissue
engineering applications, due to their ability to produce predetermined forms and structures …

Chitosan–starch composite film: preparation and characterization

YX Xu, KM Kim, MA Hanna, D Nag - Industrial crops and Products, 2005 - Elsevier
Chitosan film has potential applications in agriculture, food, and pharmacy. However, films
made only from chitosan lack water resistance and have poor mechanical properties …

Preparation and characterization of glycerol plasticized (high-amylose) starch–chitosan films

H Liu, R Adhikari, Q Guo, B Adhikari - Journal of Food Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
The chitosan–starch (high amylose) blend film (1; 1), via microfluidization, was prepared by
casting with different glycerol concentration (0%, 2.5%, 5% and 10%). The films were …