Recent advances in chitosan-based materials; The synthesis, modifications and biomedical applications

Y Iqbal, I Ahmed, MF Irfan, SAS Chatha, M Zubair… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
The attention to polymer-based biomaterials, for instance, chitosan and its derivatives, as
well as the techniques for using them in numerous scientific domains, is continuously rising …

[HTML][HTML] (Bio) Nanotechnology in food science—food packaging

M Primožič, Ž Knez, M Leitgeb - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Bionanotechnology, as a tool for incorporation of biological molecules into
nanoartifacts, is gaining more and more importance in the field of food packaging. It offers an …

Integrating antioxidant functionality into polymer materials: fundamentals, strategies, and applications

J Brito, H Hlushko, A Abbott, A Aliakseyeu… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While antioxidants are widely known as natural components of healthy food and drinks or as
additives to commercial polymer materials to prevent their degradation, recent years have …

Halochromic (pH-Responsive) indicators based on natural anthocyanins for monitoring fish freshness/spoilage

A Khezerlou, M Alizadeh Sani, M Tavassoli… - Journal of Composites …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today, smart indicators especially based on pigments and natural biopolymers have
developed significantly in laboratory and industrial scale. In addition to tracking the …

3D printing algae-based materials: Pathway towards 4D bioprinting

S Grira, HA Khalifeh, M Alkhedher, M Ramadan - Bioprinting, 2023 - Elsevier
Algae is a renewable source of various materials that are suitable for 3D printing. Taking a
step towards sustainability, the continuously growing industry of 3D printing calls for novel …

Insights into the relationships of modifying methods, structure, functional properties and applications of chitin: A review

F Hou, Z Gong, F Jia, W Cui, S Song, J Zhang, Y Wang… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin as the second plentiful polysaccharide has arouse widely attention due to its
remarkable availability and biocompatibility. While the strong inter/intra molecular hydrogen …

A review of recent advances in starch derived bionanocomposites for food packaging applications

M Zubair, Z Rauf, H Nawaz, S Shahzad… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of materials derived from starch has attained remarkable interest in the
present-day world, owing to their environmentally friendly attributes, like, sustainability …

Chemically cross-linked keratin and nanochitosan based sorbents for heavy metals remediation

M Zubair, I Zahara, MS Roopesh, A Ullah - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biosorbents for water remediation were prepared using keratin biopolymer cross-linked with
nanochitosan (NC). Keratin proteins were dissolved using reducing agents and NC was …