Bio-Based Polymers' Application and Technology for Better Quality of Life
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 29242
Special Issue Editors
Interests: active food packaging; biopolymers; biodegradable polymers; green synthesis; polymerization; nanotechnology; nanocomposites; polysaccharides; semiconductors; wound dressing; drug formulation; release control
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Interests: stimuli-responsive nanomaterials; sustainable polymers; composites
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Interests: biopolymer based formulations for bioactive and intelligent packaging; chemicophysical; mechanical; barrier properties of the developed films and coating
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The environmental impact of petroleum-based polymers has generated a tremendous mass of plastic waste worldwide. To overcome this critical problem, biopolymers with a wide range of properties like biodegradability, biocompatibility, and decent mechanical properties can be the promising alternative for synthetic polymers in different fields such as food packaging, medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and agriculture. This Special Issue plans to feature the application of bio-based polymers in various areas and technologies that make these materials more tangible and help us have a better environment. We invite the authors to participate in this Special Issue of Polymers and contribute to building a better life and a greener environment through their fascinating research and innovation.
Dr. Arash Moeini
Dr. Pierfrancesco Cerruti
Dr. Gabriella Santagata
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- degradability
- agri-food waste
- polysaccharides
- surface modification
- drug formulation
- nanotechnology
- food packaging
- active biomaterial
- releasing Control
- antimicrobial
- wound dressing
- insecticides
- herbicides
- cosmetics
- pharmaceutical
- drug delivery
- scaffold
- natural compounds
- composites
- copolymers
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