The food–materials nexus: Next generation bioplastics and advanced materials from agri‐food residues

CG Otoni, HMC Azeredo, BD Mattos… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri‐food losses and waste (FLW) into
functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food …

Chitin, chitosan, and nanochitin: extraction, synthesis, and applications

M Kozma, B Acharya, R Bissessur - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crustacean shells are a sustainable source of chitin. Extracting chitin from crustacean shells
is ongoing research, much of which is devoted to devising a sustainable process that yields …

Nano-chitin: Preparation strategies and food biopolymer film reinforcement and applications

J Liao, Y Zhou, B Hou, J Zhang, H Huang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Current trends in food packaging systems are toward biodegradable polymer materials,
especially the food biopolymer films made from polysaccharides and proteins, but they are …

[HTML][HTML] Halochromic and antioxidant capacity of smart films of chitosan/chitin nanocrystals with curcuma oil and anthocyanins

R Fernández-Marín, SCM Fernandes, MÁA Sánchez… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
Curcuma longa L. essential oil and anthocyanin extracts contain bioactive compounds such
as antioxidant properties and their pigments are able to change color when exposed to …

From renewable biomass to nanomaterials: does biomass origin matter?

VG Matveeva, LM Bronstein - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Fabrication of nanomaterials with a wealth of useful properties from renewable biomass
such as plants, sea creatures, biomass waste, etc. received considerable attention of the …

[HTML][HTML] A novel nanocomposite based on mycosynthesized bimetallic zinc-copperoxide nanoparticles, nanocellulose and chitosan: characterization, antimicrobial …

MS Hasanin, AH Hashem, AA Al-Askar… - Electronic Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Recently, nanomaterials have received much attention due to their important
role in solving medical and environmental problems. In the present study, a novel …

Nanochitin: An update review on advances in preparation methods and food applications

S Ngasotter, L Sampath, KAM Xavier - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitin is an abundantly available polysaccharide and is the primary structural component of
crustacean shells. Nanochitin can be made by extracting chitin from crustacean shell waste …

Advanced synthetic and biobased composite materials in sustainable applications: a comprehensive review

FM AL-Oqla, MT Hayajneh, N Nawafleh - Emergent Materials, 2023 - Springer
The environmental changing and the innovative production methods have made advanced
composite materials essential for the modern societies. Due to their unique properties, such …

[HTML][HTML] Crustacean shell waste derived chitin and chitin nanomaterials for application in agriculture, food, and health–A review

S Ngasotter, KAM Xavier, MM Meitei… - Carbohydrate Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin, a widely available natural polymer, is the fundamental structural component of
crustacean shells. The crustacean processing industry produces a lot of shell waste each …

Supramolecular cross-linking affords chitin nanofibril nanocomposites with high strength and water resistance

D Jiao, Z Li, JY Hu, XN Zhang, J Guo, Q Zheng… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide nanofibrils of chitins or celluloses are emerging biobased building blocks for
sustainable, high-performance bioinspired nanocomposites fusing high stiffness, strength …