A comprehensive review of biodegradable polymer-based films and coatings and their food packaging applications

V Gupta, D Biswas, S Roy - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food sectors are facing issues as a result of food scarcity, which is exacerbated by rising
populations and demand for food. Food is ordinarily wrapped and packaged using …

Fundamentals of electrospinning as a novel delivery vehicle for bioactive compounds in food nanotechnology

B Ghorani, N Tucker - Food hydrocolloids, 2015 - Elsevier
Encapsulation of bioactive compounds and probiotic bacteria within prebiotic substances to
protect or even enhance their survival whilst passing upper gastro-intestinal tract, is an area …

Fabrication of highly hydrophobic or superhydrophobic electrospun PVA and agar/PVA membrane materials for efficient and selective oil/water separation

O Duman, H Uğurlu, CÖ Diker, S Tunç - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient and selective separation of oily substances from water or oil-water emulsions is a
very important issue in the treatment processes of oily wastewater to prevent environmental …

Scale‐up of electrospinning technology: Applications in the pharmaceutical industry

P Vass, E Szabó, A Domokos, E Hirsch… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, electrospinning (ES) of fibers has been shown to be an attractive strategy for drug
delivery. One of the main features of ES is that a wide variety of drugs can be loaded into the …

Highly hydrophobic and superoleophilic agar/PVA aerogels for selective removal of oily substances from water

O Duman, CÖ Diker, H Uğurlu, S Tunç - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, low-cost, environmentally friendly and porous agar/PVA aerogel sorbent
materials with highly hydrophobic property were fabricated for the selective separation of …

Injectable and 3D bioprinted polysaccharide hydrogels: from cartilage to osteochondral tissue engineering

J Radhakrishnan, A Subramanian… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomechanical performance of functional cartilage is executed by the exclusive anisotropic
composition and spatially varying intricate architecture in articulating ends of diarthrodial …

Gum-based nanocarriers for the protection and delivery of food bioactive compounds

A Taheri, SM Jafari - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Gums, which for the most part are water-soluble polysaccharides, can interact with water to
form viscous solutions, emulsions or gels. Their desirable properties, such as flexibility …

An overview on nanostructured TiO2–containing fibers for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater treatment

SM Pasini, A Valerio, G Yin, J Wang… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has become one of the most promising fields of research due to the
possibility to develop new advanced materials for many applications. Nevertheless, the …

Production of unpurified agar-based extracts from red seaweed Gelidium sesquipedale by means of simplified extraction protocols

M Martínez-Sanz, LG Gómez-Mascaraque… - Algal Research, 2019 - Elsevier
This work reports on the production and characterization of agar-based extracts from the
seaweed Gelidium sesquipedale by means of simple protocols based on hot water and …

Tree gum-based renewable materials: Sustainable applications in nanotechnology, biomedical and environmental fields

VVT Padil, S Wacławek, M Černík, RS Varma - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
The prospective uses of tree gum polysaccharides and their nanostructures in various
aspects of food, water, energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have …