End-to-end design of wearable sensors

HC Ates, PQ Nguyen, L Gonzalez-Macia… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Wearable devices provide an alternative pathway to clinical diagnostics by exploiting
various physical, chemical and biological sensors to mine physiological (biophysical and/or …

Nanochitin: chemistry, structure, assembly, and applications

L Bai, L Liu, M Esquivel, BL Tardy, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Fiber‐based biopolymer processing as a route toward sustainability

C Li, J Wu, H Shi, Z Xia, JK Sahoo, J Yeo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Some of the most abundant biomass on earth is sequestered in fibrous biopolymers like
cellulose, chitin, and silk. These types of natural materials offer unique and striking …

Nanochitin and nanochitosan: Chitin nanostructure engineering with multiscale properties for biomedical and environmental applications

S Lee, LT Hao, J Park, DX Oh… - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanochitin and nanochitosan (with random‐copolymer‐based multiscale architectures of
glucosamine and N‐acetylglucosamine units) have recently attracted immense attention for …

Understanding the structural diversity of chitins as a versatile biomaterial

J Hou, BE Aydemir, AG Dumanli - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Chitin is one of the most abundant biopolymers, and it has adopted many different structural
conformations using a combination of different natural processes like biopolymerization …

Eco-friendly cellulose nanofibrils designed by nature: effects from preserving native state

X Yang, MS Reid, P Olsén, LA Berglund - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) show high modulus and strength and are already used in
industrial applications. Mechanical properties of neat CNF films or CNF–polymer matrix …

Mildly processed chitin used in one-component drinking straws and single use materials: Strength, biodegradability and recyclability

C Chen, Q Wu, Z Wan, Q Yang, Z Xu, D Li, Y Jin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
We introduce a facile approach toward fully biobased single-use materials based on chitin
nanofibers (ChNFs). The chitin is sourced directly from ocean biomass residues (crab shells) …

Optically transparent multiscale composite films for flexible and wearable electronics

YW Lim, J Jin, BS Bae - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the key breakthroughs enabling flexible electronics with novel form factors is the
deployment of flexible polymer films in place of brittle glass, which is one of the major …

Development of curcumin incorporated composite films based on chitin and glucan complexes extracted from Agaricus bisporus for active packaging of chicken breast …

E Kaya, LN Kahyaoglu, G Sumnu - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Composite films were prepared by combining different concentrations of curcumin with chitin
and glucan complexes (CGCs) extracted from Agaricus bisporus via a solution casting …