Carbon materials for solar-powered seawater desalination

T Wang, H Huang, H Li, Y Sun, Y Xue, S Xiao… - New Carbon …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon materials are widely used in solar-powered seawater desalination (SSD) and have
attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Recent developments of carbon-based solar …

Status of plant protein-based green scaffolds for regenerative medicine applications

H Jahangirian, S Azizi, R Rafiee-Moghaddam… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, regenerative medicine has merited substantial attention from scientific
and research communities. One of the essential requirements for this new strategy in …

Highly sensitive, flexible, stable, and hydrophobic biofoam based on wheat flour for multifunctional sensor and adjustable EMI shielding applications

Y Chen, Y Liu, Y Li, H Qi - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biofoam materials are attractive alternatives for petroleum-based foams to be used to solve
environmental problems. Inspired by steamed bread, we report herein a novel utilization of …

Advances in the use of protein-based materials: toward sustainable naturally sourced absorbent materials

AJ Capezza, WR Newson, RT Olsson… - ACS Sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are important in the health-care and personal care
industries. Products like bed pads and diapers improve the comfort and sanitary conditions …

Carboxylated wheat gluten proteins: a green solution for production of sustainable superabsorbent materials

AJ Capezza, M Lundman, RT Olsson… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Functionalized wheat gluten (WG) protein particles with the ability to absorb fluids within the
superabsorbent range are presented. Ethyleneditetraacetic dianhydride (EDTAD), a …

Sustainable wheat protein biofoams: dry upscalable extrusion at low temperature

MA Bettelli, AJ Capezza, F Nilsson… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycerol-plasticized wheat gluten was explored for producing soft high-density biofoams
using dry upscalable extrusion (avoiding purposely added water). The largest pore size was …

Superabsorbent and fully biobased protein foams with a natural cross-linker and cellulose nanofibers

AJ Capezza, Q Wu, WR Newson, RT Olsson… - Acs Omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
The development of fully natural wheat gluten foams showing rapid and high uptake of
water, sheep blood, and saline solution, while maintaining high mechanical stability in the …

High Capacity Functionalized Protein Superabsorbents from an Agricultural Co‐Product: A Cradle‐to‐Cradle Approach

AJ Capezza, Y Cui, K Numata… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Synthesis of superabsorbent particles from nontoxic wheat gluten (WG) protein, as an
industrial co‐product, is presented. A natural molecular cross‐linker named genipin (a …

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes improved by ball milling to prepare functional epoxy nanocomposites

Z Gao, Q Han, J Liu, K Zhao, Y Yu, Y Feng, S Han - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
There has been an increase in interest in developing functional polymer composites based
on green chemistry principles. The purpose of this study was to investigate the preparation …

Acylation of agricultural protein biomass yields biodegradable superabsorbent plastics

AJ Capezza, F Muneer, T Prade, WR Newson… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Superabsorbent polymers (SAP) are a central component of hygiene and medical products
requiring high liquid swelling, but these SAP are commonly derived from petroleum …