As a natural biopolymer, starch is ideally adapted as an encapsulant material for
nutraceutical delivery systems due to its unique nature of extensive sources, versatility and …

Biomaterials come from natural sources such as animals, plants, fungi, algae, and bacteria,
composed mainly of protein, lipid, and carbohydrate molecules. The great diversity of …

Onion skin is biomass commonly discarded in the environment, rich in bioactive compounds
with antioxidant and antimicrobial potential; thus, we propose valorizing this residue using …

Facing the global challenge of water scarcity, solar-driven seawater desalination has been
emerged as a green, non-polluting and sustainable technology, but the practical application …

Solar-powered water evaporation shows prominent advantages in extracting fresh water. To
achieve high photothermal-conversion efficiency, development of efficient solar evaporators …

Novel antimicrobial emitting aerogels based on starch/cellulose/Thymus daenensis Celak
essential oil (SC-TDEO) were developed and optimized for antimicrobial packaging of …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) was used as a reinforcing agent, citric acid (CA) as a cross-linking
agent, and CMC@ AgNPs as antibacterial nanomaterials, in which CMC@ AgNPs were …

The harmful effects on the environment caused by the indiscriminate use of synthetic plastics
and the inadequate management of post-consumer waste have given rise to efforts to …

Traditional inorganic aerogels sustainability, biodegradability, and environmental safety
concerns have driven researchers to find their safe green alternatives. Recently, interest in …

At present, aerogel is one of the most interesting materials globally. The network of aerogel
consists of pores with nanometer widths, which leads to a variety of functional properties and …