Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

With the increase of environmental pollution and depletion of fossil fuel resources, the
utilization of renewable biomass resources for develo** functional materials or fine …

Natural polymers are very widespread in the world, which is why it is so important to know
about the possibilities of their use. Chitin is the second most abundant reproducible natural …

Currently, petroleum-based synthetic plastics are used as a key barrier material in the paper-
based packaging of several food and nonfood goods. This widespread usage of plastic as a …

Background Plant-based proteins as an alternative to synthetic polymers have attracted the
interest of the global packaging industry in the last decade due to their biodegradability …

Chitin is the structural material of crustaceans, insects, and fungi, and is the second most
abundant biopolymer after cellulose on earth. Chitosan, a deacetylated derivative of chitin …

Amongst the natural polymers, chitin is the second most abundant, present mainly in fungi
and exoskeleton of crustaceans. It forms a major part of the seafood waste as compiled and …

The high molecular weight of chitin, as a biopolymer, challenges its extraction due to its
insolubility in the solvents. Also, chitosan, as the N-deacetylated form of chitin, can be …

Water contamination is increasing worldwide, yet actual methods of water and wastewater
treatment are limited, in particular by actual fossil-fuel derived nano-adsorbents that are …

Chitosan is a cationic polymer obtained by deacetylation of chitin, found abundantly in
crustacean, insect, arthropod exoskeletons, and molluscs. The process of obtaining chitin by …