[EN] Multilayer biopapers composed of two electrospun layers of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)
(PHBV) were impregnated, at the inner side of one of the layers, with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and ...
Melendez-Rodriguez, Beatriz; Torres-Giner, S.; Reis, Maria A. M.; Silva, Fernando; Matos, Mariana; Cabedo, Luis; Lagarón, José María(MDPI AG, 2021-04)
[EN] In the present study, a new poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HV-co-3HHx)] terpolyester with approximately 68 mol% of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 17 mol% of 3-hydroxyvalerate ...
Meléndez-Rodríguez, Beatriz; Reis, Maria A. M.; Carvalheira, Monica; Sammon, Chris; Cabedo, Luis; Torres-Giner, Sergio; Lagaron, Jose Maria(American Chemical Society, 2021-07-12)
[EN] In the present study, three different newly developed copolymers of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyval-erate) (PHBV) with 20, 40, and 60 mol % contents in 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) were produced by the biotechnological ...
[EN] In the present study, poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) with 44 mol % ethylene content (EVOH44) was managed to be processed, for the first time, by electrospinning assisted by the coaxial technology of solvent jacket. ...
Meléndez Rodríguez, Beatriz(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-21)
[ES] La producción y consumo de plásticos derivados de petróleo ha crecido exponencialmente en las últimas décadas, impactando en la naturaleza y los seres vivos. Los envases alimentarios son considerados la principal ...
[EN] The main goal of this study was to develop poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) films with long-term antimicrobial capacity of interest in food packaging applications. To this end, eugenol was first ...
[EN] This study reports on the development and characterization of organic recyclable high-oxygen-barrier multilayer films based on different commercial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) materials, including a blend with commercial ...
Torres-Giner, Sergio; Wilkanowicz, Sabina; Meléndez-Rodríguez, Beatriz; Lagaron, Jose M.(American Chemical Society, 2017-06-07)
[EN] This work originally reports on the use of electrohydrodynamic processing (EHDP) to encapsulate Aloe vera (AV, Aloe barbadensis Miller) using both synthetic polymers, i.e., polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and poly(vinyl ...
Gabirondo, Elena; Meléndez-Rodríguez, Beatriz; Arnal, Carmen; Lagaron, Jose M.; Martínez de Ilarduya, Antxon; Sardon, Haritz; Torres-Giner, S.(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-03-14)
[EN] Monomers obtained from renewable feedstocks have emerged as a sustainable alternative to petroleum derived polymers. One of the biomass derived polyesters that has recently been gaining attention as an alternative to ...
Meléndez-Rodríguez, Beatriz; Castro-Mayorga, Jinneth L.; Reis, Maria A. M.; Sammon, Chris; Cabedo, Luis; Torres-Giner, Sergio; Lagaron, Jose M.(Frontiers Media SA, 2018-07-17)
[EN] In the present study, circular economy based and potentially low-cost poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) was produced by mixed microbial cultures derived from fruit pulp, an industrial by-product of ...
[EN] Novel green composites based on commercial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) filled with 10 wt % rice husk flour (RHF) were melt-compounded in a mini-mixer unit using triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) as compatibilizer and ...
[EN] In this work, films of polylactide (PLA) prepared by extrusion and thermo-compression were plasticized with oligomer of lactic acid (OLA) at contents of 5, 10, and 20 wt%. The PLA sample containing 20 wt% of OLA was ...
[EN] The present study reports on the production and characterization of a new biopackaging material made of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) derived from municipal biowaste (MBW) and produced by the ...