Processing and Characterization of Biopolymers
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2024) | Viewed by 1981
Special Issue Editors
2. Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciencies, Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon University, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: biopolymers; active materials; biocatalysis; green chemistry; advanced characterization
Interests: organic chemistry; medicinal chemistry; synthesis; pharmaceuticals; material characterization; polymers; nanomaterials; drug delivery systems; polymeric biomaterials; hydrogels; bio-hybrid hydrogels; advanced polymeric materials; biopolymers; natural and synthetic active substances; nanocarriers
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Interests: metal–organic frameworks; coordination polymers; coordination chemistry; characterization; biopolymers
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Interests: metal forming; formability; non-conventional machining
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In response to an imperative need to reduce our dependency on petrochemical fuel, society is making significant efforts to move toward a biobased and circular economy. In this particular context, biobased polymers have emerged as a viable and competitive alternative to replace, in some situations, petrochemical-based synthetic polymers, reducing our dependence on the depleting crude oil reserve. Natural polymers provide significant advantages compared to synthetic polymers, including their renewable nature, biocompatibility, non-toxicity and cost-effectiveness. Their biodegradability reduces and prevents the problem associated with the accumulation of synthetic plastic waste in the environment. Currently, biobased polymers are experiencing increased recognition in several market segments, including food packaging, medicinal field for tissue engineering, drug delivery systems and bioadhesives, agriculture applications in seed coating, automobile and aerospace industries for eco-sustainable composites, and 3D printing mixtures, among others. This growing prominence can be attributed primarily to the biodegradability and biocompatibility properties exhibited by these polymers. Different types of bioplastics are being produced industrially, and they are trying to compete in performance and price with conventional fossil-oil based plastics. Despite some limitations, different biomaterials, from polysaccharides and proteins to lipids, are been widely explored and research has focused on developing new biomaterials with competitive and active properties.
This Special Issue aims to cover all recent original research works focused on the use of biopolymers and natural additives as new materials and potential commercial products, in which precursors derived from natural and renewable resources are key parts that can contribute to solving our global society's plastic dilemma.
Thus, we highly encourage contributions related to the development, production and design of new sustainable materials or new chemical and processing transormations.
Prof. Dr. Ana Catarina Cardoso de Sousa
Dr. Katarzyna Bialik-Wąs
Dr. Tiago Daniel Adriano Fernandes
Dr. Ivo Manuel Ferreira de Bragança
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- biocompatibility
- biobased composites
- green active materials
- renewable materials
- bio-hybrid hydrogels
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