Recent advances in the sustainable design and applications of biodegradable polymers

P Rai, S Mehrotra, S Priya, E Gnansounou… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The progression of plastic pollution is a global concern.“Reuse, reduce and recycle” offers a
solution to the burdening issue, although not enough to curb the rampant use of plastics …

Current biomaterial-based bone tissue engineering and translational medicine

J Qi, T Yu, B Hu, H Wu, H Ouyang - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bone defects cause significant socio-economic costs worldwide, while the clinical “gold
standard” of bone repair, the autologous bone graft, has limitations including limited graft …

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): properties and modifications

V Sharma, R Sehgal, R Gupta - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
There are a wide range of biopolymers produced by a number of different microorganisms.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are also a diverse group among these biopolymers. In recent times …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) biopolymers: Materials, printing techniques, and applications

M Mehrpouya, H Vahabi, M Barletta, P Laheurte… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is recently imposing as a fast, reliable, and highly flexible
solution to process various materials, that range from metals to polymers, to achieve a broad …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates, the bioplastics of microbial origin: Properties, biochemical synthesis, and their applications

S Behera, M Priyadarshanee, S Das - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising plastic pollution deteriorates the environment significantly as these petroleum-
based plastics are not biodegradable, and their production requires natural fuels (energy …

Plastic accumulation during COVID-19: call for another pandemic; bioplastic a step towards this challenge?

M Mittal, D Mittal, NK Aggarwal - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Plastic pollution has become a serious transboundary challenge to nature and human
health, with estimation of reports published—predicting a twofold increase in plastic waste …

Mimicking the electrophysiological microenvironment of bone tissue using electroactive materials to promote its regeneration

T Zheng, Y Huang, X Zhang, Q Cai, X Deng… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The process of bone tissue repair and regeneration is complex and requires a variety of
physiological signals, including biochemical, electrical and mechanical signals, which …

Development of poly (hydroxybutyrate) film incorporated with nano silica and clove essential oil intended for active packaging of brown bread

M Mittal, S Ahuja, A Yadav, NK Aggarwal - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of current study was to develop Poly (hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) based active
packaging film with long lasting antimicrobial potential in food-packaging applications. For …

Properties of degradable polyhydroxyalkanoates with different monomer compositions

T Volova, E Kiselev, I Nemtsev, А Lukyanenko… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To synthesize and investigate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with different
monomer composition and percentages and polymer films prepared from them. Results …

Agro waste as a potential carbon feedstock for poly-3-hydroxy alkanoates production: Commercialization potential and technical hurdles

Z Ding, V Kumar, T Sar, S Harirchi, AM Dregulo… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enormous production and widespread applications of non-biodegradable plastics lead
to their accumulation and toxicity to animals and humans. The issue can be addressed by …