Recent advancements in plastic packaging recycling: A mini-review

V Beghetto, R Sole, C Buranello, M Al-Abkal… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, the scientific community is facing crucial challenges in delivering a healthier world for
future generations. Among these, the quest for circular and sustainable approaches for …

Agri-food wastes for bioplastics: European prospective on possible applications in their second life for a circular economy

A Visco, C Scolaro, M Facchin, S Brahimi, H Belhamdi… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Agri-food wastes (such as brewer's spent grain, olive pomace, residual pulp from fruit juice
production, etc.) are produced annually in very high quantities posing a serious problem …

Multiple-stimuli-responsive and cellulose conductive ionic hydrogel for smart wearable devices and thermal actuators

Z Chen, J Liu, Y Chen, X Zheng, H Liu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Stimulus-responsive hydrogels, such as conductive hydrogels and thermoresponsive
hydrogels, have been explored extensively and are considered promising candidates for …

Source of nanocellulose and its application in nanocomposite packaging material: A review

J Wang, X Han, C Zhang, K Liu, G Duan - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Food packaging nowadays is not only essential to preserve food from being contaminated
and damaged, but also to comply with science develop and technology advances. New …

Covalent Cross‐Links Enable the Formation of Ambient‐Dried Biomass Aerogels through the Activation of a Triazine Derivative for Energy Storage and Generation

S Tang, M Ma, X Zhang, X Zhao, J Fan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogels hold promises as lightweight replacements in various applications but are plagued
by their fabrication equipment, such as supercritical dryers or lyophilizers that need to work …

Recent advances in chemically modified cellulose and its derivatives for food packaging applications: A review

Z Jiang, T Ngai - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The application of cellulose in the food packaging field has gained increasing attention in
recent years, driven by the desire for sustainable products. Cellulose can replace petroleum …

Fish-waste-derived gelatin and carbon dots for biobased UV-blocking films

C Campalani, V Causin, M Selva… - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The fish industry produces every year huge amounts of waste that represent an
underutilized source of chemical richness. In this contribution, type I collagen was extracted …

Highly efficient dissolution and reinforcement mechanism of robust and transparent cellulose films for smart packaging

Y Gao, C Huang, D Ge, Y Liao, Y Chen, S Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The packaging of fresh foods increasingly focuses on renewable and eco-friendly cellulose
films, but their low dissolution efficiency and weak mechanical strength greatly limit their …

Boosting physical-mechanical properties of adipic acid/chitosan films by DMTMM cross-linking

R Sole, C Buranello, A Di Michele… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a novel strategy to easily prepare biodegradable chitosan derived
films as new packaging systems. Combination of chitosan, adipic acid and 4-(4, 6-dimethoxy …

Fabrication of super-high transparent cellulose films with multifunctional performances via postmodification strategy

Y Qi, S Lin, J Lan, Y Zhan, J Guo, J Shang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
A transparent versatile cellulose platform film was prepared from Eucalyptus pulp in this
work. Based on such cellulose platform, multifunctional cellulose films with ultraviolet …