Aqueous nanoprecipitation for programmable fabrication of versatile biopolymer nanoparticles

Abstract

Biopolymer nanoparticles have become highly important nanomaterials with great utility in the pharmaceutical and food fields. However, the excessive use of organic solvents in common fabrication approaches would cause potential...

The environmental impact and economic feasibility assessment of composite calcium alginate bioplastics derived from Sargassum

“…9 Bioplastics are highly versatile and widely used in many industries with diverse applications. Some current novel strategies include programmable biopolymer nanoparticles in pharmaceuticals, 10 green electrospinning of biopolymer nanofibers in drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, air filtration, and affinity membrane systems, 11 and preparation of sustainable organic nanocomposite ionogel electrolytes using biopolymers for flexible energy storage. 12 In 2022, global production capacities of bioplastics amounted to about 2.22 Mt with 48% (1.07 Mt) of the volume destined for the packaging marketthe biggest market segment within the bioplastics industry.…”