The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is driving international demand for renewable
plastics with superior qualities (eg, full biodegradability to CO 2 without harmful byproducts) …

Natural evolution has provided multicellular organisms with sophisticated functionalities and
repair mechanisms for surviving and preserve their functions after an injury and/or infection …

Self-healing materials are indispensable for soft actuators and robots that operate in
dynamic and real-world environments, as these machines are vulnerable to mechanical …

The seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae, from the Pacific Ocean, is considered an invasive
species in the Mediterranean Sea. In this work, the use of this seaweed is proposed for the …

BACKGROUND Pea, lentil, faba bean, chickpea and bean proteins are potentially
renewable raw materials for bioplastic production that can be obtained from agricultural …

We review the functionality of sucrose during the manufacture of biscuits from the
perspective of sugar replacement. Besides to providing sweetness, sucrose has important …

We report simple, water-based fabrication methods based on protein self-assembly to
generate 3D silk fibroin bulk materials that can be easily hybridized with water-soluble …

Bio-based plastics that can supplant petroleum-derived materials are necessary to meet the
future demands of sustainability in the life cycle of plastic materials. While there are …

In this paper we present a sugar replacements strategy, derived from physical theory, which
we think is applicable for a wide range of food categories. The strategy is based on the …

Encapsulation of olive leaves extracts (OLE), rich of healthy components like Oleuropein,
Hydroxytyrosol and Verbascoside, represents a new challenge to improve stability and …