The specific interest for the use of bark in materials, instead than for energy recovery, is
owed to circular economy considerations, since bark fibers are normally byproducts or even …

Alginate is a linear biodegradable polysaccharide polymer, which is bio-renewable and
widely used for various biomedical applications. For the next generation of medical textiles …

Medical textile is one of the technical textiles sectors, growing faster due to developments in
polymer science and technology and innovation in forming new textile structures. In this …

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a novel alternative antimicrobial
therapy that elicits a broad mechanism of action and therefore has a low probability of …

Bark cloth is a naturally nonwoven fabric from the Ficus natalensis tree. With its unique
sustainable origins yet a few state-of-the-art utilizations, this study explored bark cloth's …

In this study we separated the chemical components of cork from Quercus variabilis by
various solvent extraction and alcoholysis methods. We identified the content and chemical …

Due to the ever-increasing burden of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria, the
development of novel antimicrobial agents and biomaterials to act as carriers and/or …

The potential of a radically Indigenous and endangered textile to improve human well-being
and environmental health is the subject of an ongoing cross-disciplinary and multi-faceted …

Objective: Activated carbon cloth (ACC), known as Zorflex dressing, has emerged as an
innovative approach in managing bacterial infection in diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) treatment …

The sacred Kaya Kauma and Tsolokero forests in Kenya's Kilifi county are under the
management of a council of elders and are gazetted as National Monuments. Eight out of …