In recent years, much attention has been focused on research to replace petroleum-based
commodity plastics, in a cost-effective manner, with biodegradable materials offering …

In the past years, research has been focused on biodegradable materials to replace
petroleum based plastics for food packaging application. For this purpose, biopolymers are …

Biodegradable and edible cassava starch-glycerol based films with different concentrations
of yerba mate extract (0, 5 and 20 wt.%) were prepared by casting. The plasticizing effect of …

This book presents an overview of recent and emerging additive manufacturing (AM)
techniques and their applications. It explains several of the processes developed using …

The addition of inorganic spherical nanoparticles to polymers allows the modification of the
polymers physical properties as well as the implementation of new features in the polymer …

Plasticizers have long been known for their effectiveness in producing flexible plastics for
applications ranging from the automotive industry to medical and consumer products. The …

Tape casting has been used to produce thin layers of ceramics that can be used as single
layers or can be stacked and laminated into multilayered structures. Today, tape casting is …

Materials scientists continue to develop stronger, more versatile ceramics for advanced
technological applications, such as electronic components, fuel cells, engines, sensors …

Edible polymers such as polysaccharides, proteins, and lipids are biodegradable and
biocompatible materials applied as a thin layer to the surface of food or inside the package …

Fabrication of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) components via a simple and economical
technique is critical to lower the overall manufacturing cost of SOFCs. Thus, screen-printing …