Non-degradable plastic waste stays for decades on land and in water, jeopardizing our environment; yet modern lifestyle current technologies are impossible to sustain without plastics. Bio-synthesized biodegradable alternatives such as the polymer family of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have potential replace large portions world's supply with cradle-to-cradle materials, but their chemical compl...

In this article, jackfruit seed starch plasticized with common plasticizers was developed and characterized. At the first step, research papers that dealt fabrication characterization of starch-based bioplastics were synthesized analyzed. Next, seeds selected as a source for because their large availability, low price or even free, high capacity. Afterward, bioplastic procedure proposed. From p...

A combination of mechanochemistry and aqueous self-assembly is employed to prepare protein nanofibrils (PNFs) functionalized with perylene diimide (PDI) dyes. These materials are then mixed poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) casted into bioplastic films. The functionalization process not only results in luminescent hybrid materials, but the presence dye modifies physical properties PNFs. Films formed fr...