Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications

X Fan, S Liu, Z Jia, JJ Koh, JCC Yeo… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquid (IL)-based gels (ionogels) have received considerable attention due to their
unique advantages in ionic conductivity and their biphasic liquid–solid phase property. In …

Advances in green solvents for production of polysaccharide‐based packaging films: Insights of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents

J Yu, X Liu, S Xu, P Shao, J Li, Z Chen… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The problems with plastic materials and the good film‐forming properties of polysaccharides
motivated research in the development of polysaccharide‐based films. In the last 5 years …

Design of multifunctional food packaging films based on carboxymethyl chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked network by using citric acid as crosslinker

L Wen, Y Liang, Z Lin, D **e, Z Zheng, C Xu, B Lin - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of bio-based materials such as biodegradable films for food packaging to
reduce the use of non-biodegradable petroleum-based food packaging materials is of great …

Rosin modified cellulose nanofiber as a reinforcing and co-antimicrobial agents in polylactic acid/chitosan composite film for food packaging

X Niu, Y Liu, Y Song, J Han, H Pan - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofiber (CNF) was modified by rosin and used as a reinforcement filler within a
polylactic acid (PLA) matrix. The resulting film was then coated with chitosan (CHT) to …

Ionic liquid-based materials for biomedical applications

DM Correia, LC Fernandes, MM Fernandes… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been extensively explored and implemented in different areas,
ranging from sensors and actuators to the biomedical field. The increasing attention devoted …

Natural polymers-based materials: A contribution to a greener future

ACQ Silva, AJD Silvestre, C Vilela, CSR Freire - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural polymers have emerged as promising candidates for the sustainable development
of materials in areas ranging from food packaging and biomedicine to energy storage and …

Bioactive chitosan/ellagic acid films with UV-light protection for active food packaging

C Vilela, RJB Pinto, J Coelho, MRM Domingues… - Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
Homogeneous, translucent and flexible films of chitosan (CH) and ellagic acid (EA) were
prepared by solvent casting. Various concentrations of EA (0.5, 1.0, 2.5 and 5.0% w/w …

Pullulan-based nanocomposite films for functional food packaging: Exploiting lysozyme nanofibers as antibacterial and antioxidant reinforcing additives

NHCS Silva, C Vilela, A Almeida, IM Marrucho… - Food …, 2018 - Elsevier
Homogeneous, glossy and transparent nanocomposite films composed of pullulan (PL) and
lysozyme nanofibers (LNFs) were developed by simple solvent casting from aqueous …

Ionic liquid-based antimicrobial materials for water treatment, air filtration, food packaging and anticorrosion coatings

Z Fallah, EN Zare, MA Khan, S Iftekhar, M Ghomi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efforts to widen the scope of ionic liquids applications across diverse research areas have
flourished in the last two decades with developments in understanding and tailoring their …

Antitumor activity of polysaccharides: an overview

L Chen, G Huang - Current drug targets, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Polysaccharides are widely found in animals, plants and micro-organisms, and
are closely related to various physiological functions. It is one of the four basic substances …