Cellulose-based materials have been advanced technologies that used in water remediation. They exhibit several advantages being the most abundant biopolymer nature, high biocompatibility, and contain functional groups. Cellulose can be prepared derivatives including nanomaterials such as cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), nanofibrils (CNFs), TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical)-medi...

Chitin the second most abundant after cellulose biopolymer found in nature after, is produced by many living organisms, and is present usually in a complex with other polysaccharides and proteins. Chitin was found as a major component in arthropods (insects, crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods), nematodes, algae and fungi. In this study Chitin was isolated from various species (crab, squilla, ...

Biomass, as fuel source, is renewable, environmentally friendly and abundant in the natural world. Lignocellulosic biomass is a potential source of renewable energy for transportation fuels through the conversion of fermentable sugars derived from cellulose and hemicelluloses to biofuels. A lignocellulosic material contains up to 35-50% cellulose which is the most abundant biopolymer on the ear...

Aerial robots can autonomously collect temporal and spatial high-resolution environmental data. This data be utilized to develop mathematical ecology models understand the impact of climate change on habitat. In case drone malfunction, incorporated materials threaten vulnerable environments. The recent introduction transient robotics enables development biodegradable, environmental-sensing dron...

Transparent aerogels of biopolymer–polysiloxane double networks have been developed. In their Research Article (e202306518), Satoru Takeshita and Takumi Ono established a sequential protocol for condensation methyltrimethoxysilane crosslinking various biopolymers such as alginate, carrageenan, pectin, carboxymethyl cellulose in the same space. The drawbacks or polysiloxane alone can be overcome...

Changes in bamboo composition and microstructure following 60Co gamma (γ) ray irradiation were investigated by solid state 13C crosspolarization (CP) magic-angle spinning (MAS) spectroscopic nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR) and a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The results indicated that irradiation doses lower than 100 KGy resulted in the degradation of hemice...

Chitin, after cellulose, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, is a key component of insects, fungi, and house-dust mites. Lower life forms are endowed with chitinases to defend themselves against chitin-bearing pathogens. Unexpectedly, humans were also found to express chitinases as well as chitinase-like proteins that modulate immune responses. Particularly, increased levels of the ch...

Cellulose is a major industrial biopolymer in the forest products, textile, and chemical industries. It also forms a large portion of the biomass useful in the generation of energy. Moreover, cellulose-based biomass is a renewable energy source that can be used for the generation of ethanol as a fuel. Cellulose is synthesized by a variety of living organisms, including plants, algae, bacteria, ...