People discover various materials from time to time that break the boundaries of traditional
materials. Plastic is a revolutionized material, and is referred to as “a material with 1,000 …

The automotive industry has used plastics almost since the beginning. The lightness,
flexibility, and many qualities of plastics make them ideal for the automotive industry …

The paper provides an overview of biocosmetics, which has tremendous potential for growth
and is attracting huge business opportunities. It emphasizes the immediate need to replace …

The runaway production and consumption of oil-based plastics are key drivers of global
warming and the increased carbon footprint. Besides, most of this plastic debris ends up in …

Plastics are one of the essential human needs and their production expanded from 2.00
million tons (Mt) in 1950 to 459.75 Mt in 2019. However, its manufacture inevitably …

Fused filament fabrication (FFF), also known as fused deposition modeling, is the leading
technology for polymer‐based additive manufacturing. The simplicity, along with the …

The issue of plastic waste is one of the main topics on the international societal and political
agenda since ever‐increasing growth in the quantity of plastic materials produced has gone …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable polymers that are considered able to
replace synthetic plastic because their biochemical characteristics are in some cases the …

Chitosan has emerged as a biodegradable, absorbable, non-toxic, biocompatible
biopolymer for wound healing and drug delivery applications. Chitosan can be converted to …

Chitosan is an interesting alternative material for packaging development due to its
biodegradability. However, its poor mechanical properties and low permeability limit its …