Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

P Makvandi, S Iftekhar, F Pizzetti, A Zarepour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of
applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to …

Aminopropyltriethoxysilane as a linker for cellulose-based functional materials: New horizons and future challenges

SI Voicu, VK Thakur - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose and cellulose derivatives represent one of the most abundant, in terms of quantity
class of sustainable polymers that nature provides. The use of these polymers in a wide …

Evaluation of hybrid vesicles in an intestinal cell model based on structured paper chips

P De Dios Andres, IN Westensee, E Brodszkij… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cell culture-based intestinal models are important to evaluate nanoformulations intended for
oral drug delivery. We report the use of a floating structured paper chip as a scaffold for …

Based Cell Culture: Paving the Pathway for Liver Tissue Model Development on a Cellulose Paper Chip

T Agarwal, MR Borrelli, P Makvandi… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The present review provides a comprehensive outlook toward the possibilities of developing
a functional in vitro liver tissue model on a paper platform. To this end, we first addressed the …

Fluorescence labeling of cellulose nanocrystals—a facile and green synthesis route

LD Campora, C Metzger, S Dähnhardt-Pfeiffer… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Efficient chemical modification of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) by grafting commonly
involves aprotic solvents, toxic reactants, harsh reaction conditions, or catalysts, which have …

Balancing the decomposable behavior and wet tensile mechanical property of cellulose-based wet wipe substrates by the aqueous adhesive

T Yun, P Cheng, F Qian, Y Cheng, J Lu, Y Lv… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the current global outbreak of novel coronaviruses, the fabrication of decomposable
wet wipe with sufficient wet strength to meet daily use is promising but still challenging …

Techniques for characterizing biofunctionalized surfaces for bioanalysis purposes.

AM López_Marzo - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Surface biofunctionalization is an essential stage in the preparation of any bioassay
affecting its analytical performance. However, a complete characterization of the …

Inexpensive and versatile paper-based platform for 3D culture of liver cells and related bioassays

T Agarwal, P Biswas, S Pal, TK Maiti… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The present study delineates the fabrication of paper-based devices for culturing liver cells
and developing related bioassays. The devices were prepared by conventional lab-based …

Unconventional strategies for liver tissue engineering: plant, paper, silk and nanomaterial-based scaffolds

S Jain, JG Sharma - Regenerative Medicine, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The paper highlights how significant characteristics of liver can be modeled in tissue-
engineered constructs using unconventional scaffolds. Hepatic lobular organization and …

Commercially Available Textiles as a Scaffolding Platform for Large‐Scale Cell Culture

T Agarwal, SA Tan… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The present study outlines the evaluation of textile materials that are currently in the market
for cell culture applications. By using normal LaserJet printing techniques, we created the …