Biopolymer-based UV protection functional films for food packaging

P Ezati, A Khan, R Priyadarshi, T Bhattacharya… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing environmentally friendly and sustainable packaging materials is a major
challenge in food packaging. Advances in the design of biopolymer composites for …

Designing biobased recyclable polymers for plastics

R Hatti-Kaul, LJ Nilsson, B Zhang, N Rehnberg… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Several concurrent developments are shaping the future of plastics. A transition to a
sustainable plastics system requires not only a shift to fossil-free feedstock and energy to …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable materials alternative to petrochemical plastics pollution: A review analysis

N Singh, OA Ogunseitan, MH Wong, Y Tang - Sustainable horizons, 2022 - Elsevier
The upward trend of global demand for fossil-fuel energy for non-energy purposes
especially for the production of plastics, and non-renewable energy use (NREU) and global …

Catalytic transformation of the furfural platform into bifunctionalized monomers for polymer synthesis

J Zhu, G Yin - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Furfural is currently industrially produced from raw agricultural materials with almost no limit;
however, its market volume is very limited due to its monofunctionalized furan structure …

Transparent lignin-containing wood nanofiber films with UV-blocking, oxygen barrier, and anti-microbial properties

JA Sirviö, MY Ismail, K Zhang, MV Tejesvi… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulose is a potential raw material for film and membrane applications, such as
packaging for every day consumables or a supporting barrier layer for flexible electronics …

Fully biobased photothermal films and coatings for indoor ultraviolet radiation and heat management

J Liu, A Moreno, J Chang, M Morsali… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sustainable materials are needed to mitigate against the increase in energy consumption
resulting from population growth and urbanization. Here, we report fully biobased …

Utilizing furfural-based bifuran diester as monomer and comonomer for high-performance bioplastics: Properties of poly (butylene furanoate), poly (butylene …

TP Kainulainen, TI Hukka, HD Ozeren… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Two homopolyesters and a series of novel random copolyesters were synthesized from two
bio-based diacid esters, dimethyl 2, 5-furandicarboxylate, a well-known renewable …

UV filters and high refractive index materials based on carboxymethyl cellulose sodium and CuO@ ZnO core/shell nanoparticles

R Badry, MM El-Nahass, N Nada, H Elhaes… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoparticles have substantially contributed to the field of skincare products with ultraviolet
(UV) filters to preserve human skin from sun damage. Thus, the current study aims to …

Template‐Oriented Polyaniline‐Supported Palladium Nanoclusters for Reductive Homocoupling of Furfural Derivatives

D Guo, K Jiang, H Gan, Y Ren, J Long… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing well‐defined structures and desired properties for porous organic polymer
(POP) supported catalysts by controlling their composition, size, and morphology is of great …

Novel “rigid to flexible” biobased polyesters fully derived from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural: Promising as sustainable UV shielding and gas barrier materials

J Yi, Z Xu, Y Wu, M Jiang, ZC Zhang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A series of novel biobased polyesters are synthesized by introducing difuranyl monomers-
bis (hydroxymethylfurfuryl) amines (BHMFAs) and 2, 5-furandicarboxylate (FDCA) for the first …