Promising strategies and new opportunities for high barrier polymer packaging films

HD Huang, PG Ren, GJ Zhong, A Olah, ZM Li… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The past decades have witnessed the rapidly growing interest in polymer films as the most
commonly used packaging material due to their lightweight, versatility, low cost, and ease of …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose-based films and membranes: A comprehensive review on preparation and applications

P Grzybek, G Dudek, B van der Bruggen - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in nature and its application for the preparation
of numerous materials is of great interest. Among the various properties of cellulose …

Application of ionic liquids for dissolving cellulose and fabricating cellulose-based materials: state of the art and future trends

J Zhang, J Wu, J Yu, X Zhang, J He… - Materials Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, a well-known fascinating biopolymer, has been considered to be a sustainable
feedstock of energy sources and chemical engineering in the future. However, due to its …

Advances in chemical modifications of starches and their applications

F Haq, H Yu, LI Wang, L Teng, M Haroon, RU Khan… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Starch is a homopolysaccharide made up of glucose units which are linked together via a
glycosidic linkage. This biopolymer is well known for its low cost, biodegradability …

Ionic liquids: a versatile platform for the design of a multifunctional epoxy networks 2.0 generation

S Livi, J Baudoux, JF Gérard… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their outstanding properties such as high optical transparency, high electrical
resistance, high thermal insulation, good thermo-mechanical properties, and dimensional …

Molecular‐scale design of cellulose‐based functional materials for flexible electronic devices

B Pang, G Jiang, J Zhou, Y Zhu… - Advanced Electronic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural design and self‐assembly at the molecular level provide feasible strategies for
constructing materials with novel and unique properties. Cellulose is one of the most …

Cellulose-glycerol-polyvinyl alcohol composite films for food packaging: Evaluation of water adsorption, mechanical properties, light-barrier properties and …

P Cazón, M Vázquez, G Velazquez - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays consumers are aware of environmental problems. As an alternative to
petrochemical polymers for food packaging, researchers have been focused on …

Chrome-free tanning agent based on epoxy-modified dialdehyde starch towards sustainable leather making

D Hao, X Wang, X Liu, R Su, Z Duan, X Dang - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Deleterious effects of Cr6+ on humans and the environment have attracted widespread
attention worldwide, compelling the leather industry to urgently search for an eco-friendly …

Fabrication and characterization of electrospun cellulose/nano-hydroxyapatite nanofibers for bone tissue engineering

C Ao, Y Niu, X Zhang, X He, W Zhang, C Lu - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanofibrous scaffolds from cotton cellulose and nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HA) were
electrospun for bone tissue engineering. The solution properties of cellulose/nano-HA …

Physicochemical characteristic of regenerated cellulose/N-doped TiO2 nanocomposite membrane fabricated from recycled newspaper with photocatalytic activity …

MA Mohamed, WNW Salleh, J Jaafar, AF Ismail… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of recycled newspaper as sustainable cellulose resource for the fabrication of green
organic/inorganic hybrid photocatalytic membrane via phase inversion method was …