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Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review

New developments require innovative ecofriendly materials defined by their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and versatility. For that reason, the scientific society is focused on biopolymers such as chitosan, which is the second most abundant in the world after cellulose. These new materials shou...

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Autores principales: Maliki, Soundouss, Sharma, Gaurav, Kumar, Amit, Moral-Zamorano, María, Moradi, Omid, Baselga, Juan, Stadler, Florian J., García-Peñas, Alberto
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9003291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35406347
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14071475
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author Maliki, Soundouss
Sharma, Gaurav
Kumar, Amit
Moral-Zamorano, María
Moradi, Omid
Baselga, Juan
Stadler, Florian J.
García-Peñas, Alberto
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Sharma, Gaurav
Kumar, Amit
Moral-Zamorano, María
Moradi, Omid
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description New developments require innovative ecofriendly materials defined by their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and versatility. For that reason, the scientific society is focused on biopolymers such as chitosan, which is the second most abundant in the world after cellulose. These new materials should show good properties in terms of sustainability, circularity, and energy consumption during industrial applications. The idea is to replace traditional raw materials with new ecofriendly materials which contribute to keeping a high production rate but also reducing its environmental impact and the costs. The chitosan shows interesting and unique properties, thus it can be used for different purposes which contributes to the design and development of sustainable novel materials. This helps in promoting sustainability through the use of chitosan and diverse materials based on it. For example, it is a good sustainable alternative for food packaging or it can be used for sustainable agriculture. The chitosan can also reduce the pollution of other industrial processes such as paper production. This mini review collects some of the most important advances for the sustainable use of chitosan for promoting circular economy. Hence, the present review focuses on different aspects of chitosan from its synthesis to multiple applications.
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spelling pubmed-90032912022-04-13 Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review Maliki, Soundouss Sharma, Gaurav Kumar, Amit Moral-Zamorano, María Moradi, Omid Baselga, Juan Stadler, Florian J. García-Peñas, Alberto Polymers (Basel) Review New developments require innovative ecofriendly materials defined by their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and versatility. For that reason, the scientific society is focused on biopolymers such as chitosan, which is the second most abundant in the world after cellulose. These new materials should show good properties in terms of sustainability, circularity, and energy consumption during industrial applications. The idea is to replace traditional raw materials with new ecofriendly materials which contribute to keeping a high production rate but also reducing its environmental impact and the costs. The chitosan shows interesting and unique properties, thus it can be used for different purposes which contributes to the design and development of sustainable novel materials. This helps in promoting sustainability through the use of chitosan and diverse materials based on it. For example, it is a good sustainable alternative for food packaging or it can be used for sustainable agriculture. The chitosan can also reduce the pollution of other industrial processes such as paper production. This mini review collects some of the most important advances for the sustainable use of chitosan for promoting circular economy. Hence, the present review focuses on different aspects of chitosan from its synthesis to multiple applications. MDPI 2022-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9003291/ /pubmed/35406347 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14071475 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Moral-Zamorano, María
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Stadler, Florian J.
García-Peñas, Alberto
Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review
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