A comprehensive review on recent advances in preparation, physicochemical characterization, and bioengineering applications of biopolymers

A Das, T Ringu, S Ghosh, N Pramanik - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Biopolymers are mainly the polymers which are created or obtained from living creatures
such as plants and bacteria rather than petroleum, which has traditionally been the source of …

[HTML][HTML] Natural polymers in bio-degradable/edible film: A review on environmental concerns, cold plasma technology and nanotechnology application on food …

RK Gupta, P Guha, PP Srivastav - Food Chemistry Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Global food waste is the biggest issue owing to food spoilage. According to the world food
program, approx. 35 million people worldwide suffer from acute malnutrition. Despite this …

Biopolymers as green binders for soil improvement in geotechnical applications: A review

H Fatehi, DEL Ong, J Yu, I Chang - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil improvement using biopolymers has attracted considerable attention in recent years,
with the aim to reduce the harmful environmental effects of traditional materials, such as …

Applications of biopolymers for drugs and probiotics delivery

R Gheorghita, L Anchidin-Norocel, R Filip, M Dimian… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research regarding the use of biopolymers has been of great interest to scientists, the
medical community, and the industry especially in recent years. Initially used for food …

Water‐soluble polymers in agriculture: xanthan gum as eco‐friendly alternative to synthetics

T Berninger, N Dietz… - Microbial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐soluble polymers (WSPs) are a versatile group of chemicals used across industries
for different purposes such as thickening, stabilizing, adhesion and gelation. Synthetic …

Chitosan-EDTA-Cellulose network as a green, recyclable and multifunctional biopolymeric organocatalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-4H-pyran derivatives

N Rostami, MG Dekamin, E Valiey… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In this research, cellulose grafted to chitosan by EDTA (Cs-EDTA-Cell) bio-based material is
reported and characterized by a series of various methods and techniques such as FTIR …

[HTML][HTML] Strength properties of xanthan gum and guar gum treated kaolin at different water contents

I Bozyigit, A Javadi, S Altun - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, using biopolymer as a ground improvement method has become very popular.
However, since biopolymers are organic and degradable, their long-term effect is not fully …

Water-retention behaviour and microscopic analysis of two biopolymer-improved sandy soils

J Zhang, J Liu, Y Cheng, T Jiang, M Saberian - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil erosion in the Yellow River basin in China has seriously affected the stability of the
foundations of civil engineering structures. Traditional treated materials used for preventing …

Novel procyanidins-loaded chitosan-graft-polyvinyl alcohol film with sustained antibacterial activity for food packaging

J Bi, C Tian, GL Zhang, H Hao, HM Hou - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Active food packaging materials containing procyanidins (PC) exhibits outstanding
antimicrobial activity, but PC is easy to be hydrolyzed by acid. A novel water-soluble …

Effect of biopolymeric stabilization on the strength and compressibility characteristics of cohesive soil

KV Vydehi, AAB Moghal - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Sustainable engineering discourages the use of conventional soil stabilizers such as lime
and cement owing to their higher carbon emission rates. To address these challenges, many …