Citric acid: A green cross-linker of biomaterials for biomedical applications

R Salihu, SI Abd Razak, NA Zawawi, MRA Kadir… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of biomaterials in biomedicine currently suffers some drawbacks, such as
inflammation and immunological responses due to mismatching and/or limited compatibility …

Castor oil as a renewable resource for the chemical industry

H Mutlu, MAR Meier - European Journal of Lipid Science and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Castor oil is, as many other plant oils, a very valuable renewable resource for the chemical
industry. This review article provides an overview on this specialty oil, covering its …

Polyester elastomers for soft tissue engineering

H Ye, K Zhang, D Kai, Z Li, XJ Loh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyester elastomers are soft, biodegradable and biocompatible and are commonly used in
various biomedical applications, especially in tissue engineering. These synthetic polyesters …

Corrosion protection enhancement of Mg alloy WE43 by in-situ synthesis of MgFe LDH/citric acid composite coating intercalated with 8HQ

JKE Tan, N Birbilis, S Choudhary, S Thomas, P Balan - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
A composite coating consisting of Mg-Fe LDH intercalated with 8-hydroxyquinoline (8HQ)
and modified with citric acid (CA) layer is constructed on Mg alloy WE43 via combination of …

Recent developments and future prospects on bio-based polyesters derived from renewable resources: A review

KM Zia, A Noreen, M Zuber, S Tabasum… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
A significantly growing interest is to design a new strategy for development of bio-polyesters
from renewable resources due to limited fossil fuel reserves, rise of petrochemicals price …

Recent advances in citric acid bio-production and recovery

G Singh Dhillon, S Kaur Brar, M Verma… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2011 - Springer
Citric acid consumption is escalating gradually, witnessing high annual growth rate due to
more and more advanced applications coming to light. The present review discusses …

Carboxylic acids as efficient corrosion inhibitors of aluminium alloys in alkaline media

J Wysocka, M Cieslik, S Krakowiak, J Ryl - Electrochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
The efficiency of AA5754 aluminium alloy corrosion inhibition achieved with maleic, malic,
succinic, tartaric, citric, tricarballylic acids and serine in alkaline environment (pH 11) was …

Potential applications of crude glycerol in polymer technology–Current state and perspectives

A Hejna, P Kosmela, K Formela, Ł Piszczyk… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The increasing use of bio-based fuels and fuel additives, among them biodiesel, causes
significant surplus of crude glycerol on the market which creates new challenges in terms of …

Study of the curing kinetics of epoxy resins with biobased hardener and epoxidized soybean oil

G Mashouf Roudsari, AK Mohanty… - … sustainable chemistry & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The goal of this research was to study the kinetics of the reaction of diglycidyl ether of
bisphenol A (DGEBA)-based epoxy resin cured with sebacic acid as a biobased hardener in …

Enabling proregenerative medical devices via citrate‐based biomaterials: transitioning from inert to regenerative biomaterials

H Wang, S Huddleston, J Yang… - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Regenerative medicine aims to restore tissue and organ function without the use of
prosthetics and permanent implants. However, achieving this goal has been elusive, and the …