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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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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 |
author_facet | Maliki, Soundouss Sharma, Gaurav Kumar, Amit Moral-Zamorano, María Moradi, Omid Baselga, Juan Stadler, Florian J. García-Peñas, Alberto |
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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/). |
spellingShingle | Review Maliki, Soundouss Sharma, Gaurav Kumar, Amit Moral-Zamorano, María Moradi, Omid Baselga, Juan Stadler, Florian J. García-Peñas, Alberto Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title | Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title_full | Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title_fullStr | Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title_short | Chitosan as a Tool for Sustainable Development: A Mini Review |
title_sort | chitosan as a tool for sustainable development: a mini review |
topic | Review |
url | 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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