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Maity C, Das N. Alginate-Based Smart Materials and Their Application: Recent Advances and Perspectives. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2021; 380:3. [PMID: 34812965 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-021-00360-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Nature produces materials using available molecular building blocks following a bottom-up approach. These materials are formed with great precision and flexibility in a controlled manner. This approach offers the inspiration for manufacturing new artificial materials and devices. Synthetic artificial materials can find many important applications ranging from personalized therapeutics to solutions for environmental problems. Among these materials, responsive synthetic materials are capable of changing their structure and/or properties in response to external stimuli, and hence are termed "smart" materials. Herein, this review focuses on alginate-based smart materials and their stimuli-responsive preparation, fragmentation, and applications in diverse fields from drug delivery and tissue engineering to water purification and environmental remediation. In the first part of this report, we review stimuli-induced preparation of alginate-based materials. Stimuli-triggered decomposition of alginate materials in a controlled fashion is documented in the second part, followed by the application of smart alginate materials in diverse fields. Because of their biocompatibility, easy accessibility, and simple techniques of material formation, alginates can provide solutions for several present and future problems of humankind. However, new research is needed for novel alginate-based materials with new functionalities and well-defined properties for targeted applications.
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- Chandan Maity
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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Nguyen HL, Tran TH, Hao LT, Jeon H, Koo JM, Shin G, Hwang DS, Hwang SY, Park J, Oh DX. Biorenewable, transparent, and oxygen/moisture barrier nanocellulose/nanochitin-based coating on polypropylene for food packaging applications. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 271:118421. [PMID: 34364562 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Aluminum-coated polypropylene films are commonly used in food packaging because aluminum is a great gas barrier. However, recycling these films is not economically feasible. In addition, their end-of-life incineration generates harmful alumina-based particulate matter. In this study, coating layers with excellent gas-barrier properties are assembled on polypropylene films through layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of biorenewable nanocellulose and nanochitin. The coating layers significantly reduce the transmission of oxygen and water vapors, two unfavorable gases for food packaging, through polypropylene films. The oxygen transmission rate of a 60 μm-thick, 20 LbL-coated polypropylene film decreases by approximately a hundredfold, from 1118 to 13.10 cc m-2 day-1 owing to the high crystallinity of nanocellulose and nanochitin. Its water vapor transmission rate slightly reduces from 2.43 to 2.13 g m-2 day-1. Furthermore, the coated film is highly transparent, unfavorable to bacterial adhesion and thermally recyclable, thus promising for advanced food packaging applications.
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- Hoang-Linh Nguyen
- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Division of Environmental Science & Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science & Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea.
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea.
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- Research Center for Bio-based Chemistry, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Ulsan 44429, Republic of Korea; Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea.
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Xu YJ, Qu LY, Liu Y, Zhu P. An overview of alginates as flame-retardant materials: Pyrolysis behaviors, flame retardancy, and applications. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 260:117827. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang J, Shi H, Zhu P, Wei Y, Wei P, Hao J. Effect of natural basalt fiber for EVA composites with nickel alginate‐brucite based flame retardant on improving fire safety and mechanical properties. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.4807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jingyu Wang
- National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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- National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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- National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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- National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShanghai JiaoTong University Shanghai 200240 PR China
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- National Engineering Technology Research Center of Flame Retardant MaterialsSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 PR China
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