The interest in producing biodegradable polymers by chemical treatment, microorganisms
and enzymes has increased to make it easier to dispose after the end of its use without …

With the continuous appearance and expansion of high-strength hydrogels in emerging
fields such as industry, medicine, and green development, the synthesis and application of …

Hydrogels are hydrophilic 3D networks that are able to ingest large amounts of water or
biological fluids, and are potential candidates for biosensors, drug delivery vectors, energy …

There has been a significant increase in demand for biomaterials over the last decades.
According to this fact, the design and development of more efficient and sophisticated …

Starch is the most important widely spread polysaccharide used for the synthesis of
biopolymer film. Renewable source, abundance, cost effectiveness and excellent film …

Healthy foods with few artificial additives are in high demand among consumers. Preserving
conventional pesticides, frequently used as chemicals to control phytopathogens, is …

At present, people more actively pursuing biodegradable-based food packaging to lower the
environmental problems of plastic-based packaging. Starch could become a promising …

Protected cultivation in modern agriculture relies extensively on plastic-originated mulch
films, nets, packaging, piping, silage, and various applications. Polyolefins synthesized from …

A plethora of applications using polysaccharides have been developed in recent years due
to their availability as well as their frequent nontoxicity and biodegradability. These polymers …

In this work, the chemical cross-linked interaction between chitosan polymeric chains and
synthetic terephthaloyl diisothiocyanate as a cross-linker was accomplished in order to …