Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications

DA Gregory, L Tripathi, ATR Fricker, E Asare… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials have benefited the human civilisation for millennia. However, in recent
years, designing of natural materials for a wide range of applications have become a focus …

The potential of supercritical drying as a “green” method for the production of food-grade bioaerogels: A comprehensive critical review

S Basak, RS Singhal - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioaerogels or biopolymer-based aerogels are emerging as eco-friendly and sustainable
alternatives to inorganic aerogels. Aerogels are porous, lightweight and interconnected …

Porous aerogels and adsorption of pollutants from water and air: a review

P Franco, S Cardea, A Tabernero, I De Marco - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aerogels are open, three-dimensional, porous materials characterized by outstanding
properties, such as low density, high porosity, and high surface area. They have been used …

Biopolymer‐Polysiloxane Double Network Aerogels

S Takeshita, T Ono - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new series of transparent aerogels of biopolymer‐polysiloxane double networks is
reported. Biopolymer aerogels have attracted much attention from green and sustainable …

Carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogel from biomass waste of oil palm empty fruit bunch using calcium chloride as crosslinking agent

NFAZ Tuan Mohamood, AH Abdul Halim, N Zainuddin - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is modified cellulose extracted from oil palm empty fruit
bunch (OPEFB) biomass waste that has been prepared through etherification using sodium …

Co-encapsulation of curcumin and vitamin D3 in mixed phospholipid nanoliposomes using a continuous supercritical CO2 assisted process

MA Chaves, L Baldino, SC Pinho… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Curcumin and vitamin D 3 (VD3) are nutraceutical compounds that exert
important roles in the human health. Nanoencapsulation in liposomes appears as a suitable …

Fabrication, performance, and potential applications of MXene composite aerogels

Z Chen, X Fu, R Liu, Y Song, X Yin - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aerogel, known as one of the remarkable materials in the 21st century, possesses
exceptional characteristics such as high specific surface area, porosity, and elasticity …

Cellulose amphiphilic materials: chemistry, process and applications

S Zuppolini, A Salama, I Cruz-Maya, V Guarino… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, amphiphilic cellulose (AC) is emerging as attractive biomaterial for
different therapeutic use, due to its unique chemical and physical properties. Using it as …

Recent progress in polysaccharide aerogels: Their synthesis, application, and future outlook

A Muhammad, D Lee, Y Shin, J Park - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Porous polysaccharides have recently attracted attention due to their porosity, abundance,
and excellent properties such as sustainability and biocompatibility, thereby resulting in their …

Preparation of chitosan aerogel crosslinked in chemical and ionical ways by non-acid condition for wound dressing

E Ko, H Kim - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, the dual-crosslinked chitosan aerogel was prepared using 1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium chloride, an ionic liquid, as a solvent. The hydroxyl groups were …