The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Shape memory polymer (SMP) is an excellent smart material, which can sense and perform
active shape change as preprogrammed. So far, there are a wide variety of stimulus …

Recently, there is a growing research interest in the applications and development of novel
sustainable hydrogel materials in waste water treatment because of radically distinctive …

There is growing interest in biodegradable polymers (BP), in particular poly (butylene
adipate‐co‐terephthalate)(PBAT), due to environmental problems associated with the …

Plastic-based materials are frequently used in packaging and can be seen universally in
both the developed and developing societies. At present, most of the currently used food …

The environmental crisis caused by the use of petroleum-based nondegradable polymers
and the impending petroleum finite resources have directly threatened human being's …

Innovative solutions using biopolymer-based materials made of several constituents seems
to be particularly attractive for packaging in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. In …

In this study, the effects of cellulose nanocrystals modified with octadecyl isocyanate on
rheological, mechanical and degradation properties of nanocomposites based on poly …

Sustainable and biodegradable packaging materials are appealing alternatives to the
petrochemical-derived and non-biodegradable plastics that currently dominate the market …

Key message Genetic resources contributes to the sustainable protein production in
soybean. Abstract Soybean is an important crop for food, oil, and forage and is the main …