[HTML][HTML] Sustainable biobased composites for advanced applications: recent trends and future opportunities–A critical review

JJ Andrew, HN Dhakal - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising environmental and sustainability consciousness has motivated efforts for
configuring biobased composite materials for different end-use applications and as a novel …

Value-added utilization of fruit and vegetable processing by-products for the manufacture of biodegradable food packaging films

IK Sani, M Masoudpour-Behabadi, MA Sani… - Food chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Currently, the demand for eco-friendly packaging materials to replace plastic is increasing.
Edible or biodegradable packaging films prepared from natural compounds such as …

Renewable and sustainable biobased materials: An assessment on biofibers, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites

A Vinod, MR Sanjay, S Suchart… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current global scenario has a great impact on the development of new bio-based
materials due to its vital advantages that are helpful in replacing synthetic and hazardous …

Molecularly engineered lignin-derived additives enable fire-retardant, UV-shielding, and mechanically strong polylactide biocomposites

H Yang, B Shi, Y Xue, Z Ma, L Liu, L Liu, Y Yu… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
From a perspective of sustainable development and practical applications, there has been a
great need for the design of advanced polylactide (PLA) biocomposites that are flame …

A green way to simultaneously enhance the mechanical, flame retardant and anti-ultraviolet aging properties of polylactide composites by the incorporation of tannic …

S Qiu, J Sun, H Li, X Gu, B Fei, S Zhang - Polymer Degradation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polylactic acid (PLA), characterized by its biodegradability, easy processing, and
environmental friendliness, is regarded as one of the ideal substitutes for petroleum-based …

Novel biodegradable polymer films based on poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and Ceiba pentandra natural fibers for packaging applications

SA Varghese, H Pulikkalparambil… - Food Packaging and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work novel poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV) polymer
composites were prepared by incorporating Ceiba pentandra bark fibers. The casting …

Recycling of sisal fiber reinforced polypropylene and polylactic acid composites: Thermo-mechanical properties, morphology, and water absorption behavior

C Ngaowthong, M Borůvka, L Běhálek, P Lenfeld… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of recycling on the thermo-mechanical and water absorption behavior of
polypropylene (PP)/sisal fiber and polylactic acid (PLA)/sisal fiber composites were studied …

[HTML][HTML] Green composites using naturally occurring fibers: a comprehensive review

H Raj, S Tripathi, S Bauri, AM Choudhury… - … Polymer & Energy, 2023 - sciepublish.com
Depletion of non-renewable resources and health hazards of petroleum-based polymers
and plastics has enforced the development of eco-friendly materials. The use of …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation of cellulose/copper nanoparticles bionanocomposite films using a bioflocculant polymer as reducing agent for antibacterial and anticorrosion …

L Muthulakshmi, AV Rajalu, GS Kaliaraj… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bionanocomposites are promising green sustainable materials useful for diagnostic and
biomedical applications. In the present study, cellulose/copper nanoparticles (CuNP) …

Investigation of the effect of the skull in transcranial photoacoustic imaging: a preliminary ex vivo study

R Manwar, K Kratkiewicz, K Avanaki - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although transcranial photoacoustic imaging (TCPAI) has been used in small animal brain
imaging, in animals with thicker skull bones or in humans both light illumination and …