[EN] The citrus juice industry produces about 50% of by-products. Citrus pomace (CP) contains many polysaccharides (mainly cellulose and pectin), which could act as stabilizers and emulsifiers. The aim of this work was to ...
Cebrián Guija, Andrea(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-12-26)
[ES] Las frutas, además de nutrientes, contienen compuestos bioactivos que aportan efectos fisiológicos beneficiosos para la salud. No obstante,
el consumo de frutas es deficitario entre la población, por lo que existe ...
[EN] An eco-friendly strategy for the modification of polylactic acid (PLA) surface properties, using a solvent-free process, is reported. Reactive extrusion (REX) allowed the formation of new covalent bonds between ...
[EN] This work reports on the development of polylactide (PLA) and polycarbonate (PC) blends with different compatibilizers with enhanced toughness. Since both polymers are immiscible, two types of compatibilizers are ...
Hernández Solomando, Rosa María(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-06)
[ES] Actualmente hay un creciente interés por el desarrollo de envases y/o películas activas, por ejemplo con capacidad antimicrobiana o antioxidante. Estos materiales, aplicados a alimentos, podrían contribuir a alargar ...
Chávez-Sifontes, Marvin; Domine, Marcelo Eduardo(Executive Business School, 2013)
[ES] En este artículo se presentan datos significativos de las características estructurales de la lignina, los procesos
de extracción y aislamiento a partir de la biomasa, y también las características de distintos tipos ...
Carbonell-Verdu, A.; Ferri, J.M.; Dominici, F.; Boronat, Teodomiro; Sanchez-Nacher, Lourdes; Balart, Rafael; Torre, L.(Department of Polymer Engineering Budapest University of Technology & Economics), Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineerin, 2018-09)
[EN] This research work aims at the compatibilization of poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate), PLA/PBAT binary blends by using cottonseed oil derivatives, i.e. epoxidized (ECSO) and maleinized (MCSO) ...
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 ...
[EN] Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is the most used biopolymer for food packaging applications. Several strategies have been made to improve PLA properties for extending its applications in the packaging field. Melt blending ...
[EN] Framing the Circular Bioeconomy, the use of reactive compatibilizers was applied in order to increase the interfacial adhesion and, hence, the physical properties and applications of green composites based on biopolymers ...
ARRIETA, Marina Patricia; Parres García, Francisco José; López Martínez, Juan; Navarro Vidal, Raúl; Ferrándiz Bou, Santiago(Federación de Asociaciones de Ingenieros Industriales de España (FAIIE), 2012)
[EN] Pyrolysis of bioplastics waste may offer
an alternative waste treatment option,
allowing the recovery of resources.
Bioplastics have taken special interest
in the industry. They could be an
alternative to ...
Bustamante Jaramillo, Daniel Arturo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-10-29)
[ES] El aprovechamiento de subproductos para producir biocombustibles, energía y compuestos químicos básicos es cada vez más necesario en la situación actual de escasez de petróleo y preocupación por el medioambiente. ...
Ribeiro, E. F.; Morell-Esteve, Pere; Nicoletti, V. R.; Quiles Chuliá, Mª Desamparados; Hernando Hernando, Mª Isabel(Elsevier, 2021-11)
[EN] A few protein- and polysaccharide-based particles can function as effective stabilisers in multi-phase food systems. Combining both polymer-based particles and tailoring the wettability of colloidal systems result in ...
[EN] The modern brewing industry generates high amounts of solid wastes containing biopolymers-proteins and polysaccharides-with interesting technological and functional properties. The novelty of this study was to use raw ...
[EN] This study reports on the use of whole seaweed biomass to obtain bio-based films for food packaging applications. Specifically, four different species of agarophytes (Gelidium corneum, Gracilaria chilensis, Gracilaria ...
Aldas Carrasco, Miguel Fernando(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-09-02)
[ES] La Tesis Doctoral investigó el uso de la resina de pino (colofonia o gum rosin, GR) y sus derivados modificados químicamente, como aditivos sostenibles de biopolímeros basados en almidón termoplástico. El trabajo se ...
[EN] Seaweed residues from Alaria esculenta, Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum after alginate extraction have been valorized to produce cellulose-based fractions with different purification degrees. The residues ...
Cerrudo López, Víctor(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-09-10)
[ES] El control biológico es una de las alternativas más efcientes y prácticas a los fungicidas químicos para el control de enfermedades fúngicas en agricultura.Su aplicación práctica no ha tenido lugar en gran medida, ...