The problems linked to plastic wastes have led to the development of biodegradable
plastics. More specifically, biodegradable bioplastics are the polymers that are mineralized …

In recent years, bioplastics have been making great strides in a promising way toward
mitigating the damage that traditional plastics cause to the environment. This article …

New wound dressings based on polymeric membranes have been widely exploited for
clinical applications to assist in the healing process and prevent additional complications …

Agro-industrial wastes and by-products are the natural and abundant resources of
biomaterials to obtain various value-added items such as biopolymer films, bio-composites …

The physico-chemical composition of biopolymers, environmental circumstances, and the
microbial populations to which the bioplastics are exposed are the most critical elements in …

The application of petroleum‐based plastic worldwide causes the accumulation of plastic
waste in landfills, which negatively impacts the environment such as reducing the quality of …

A forward osmosis (FO) membrane was developed from a mixture of chitosan and Dioscorea
hispida starch, cross-linked using glutaraldehyde. The cross-linked chitosan/starch …

The development of environmentally friendly bioplastics is an interesting research area
nowadays. Potato peel starch-based films reinforced with banana pseudostem cellulose …

In this study, a miniaturized on-chip electrically assisted membrane transport based on
starch/gelatin thin-film, as a novel composite carbohydrate polymer, was introduced for the …

Bionanocomposite film is composed of renewable materials such as polymer with the
addition of nanofiller in the form of nanocrystal cellulose (NCC). Biopolymer serves as a …