Chitin Nanofibrils and Nanolignin for Advanced Cosmeceuticals
A special issue of Cosmetics (ISSN 2079-9284).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 47426
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2. Visiting Professor, Dermatology Department, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
Interests: history of medicine; nanotechnology; polymer science; cosmetic dermatology; skin pharmacology
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Interests: biopolymeric structural and functional materials for cosmetic applications and their packaging; biocompatibility in personal care applications; materials with improved end-of-life (recyclable, compostable); coatings for functionalized surfaces; nanotechnology and nanomaterials applied to bioplastics and biopolymers; biobased alternatives for materials and functional molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
The adoption of sustainable development strategies has become a must in our society to avert the current situation with pollution and the consequent environmental and social disaster. One of the aspects to address this is to utilize the great quantity of unexploited waste material due to fishery byproducts and plant biomass. Given that the quantity of this recovered material is estimated at around 300 million tons per year, only 20% is used, nearly exclusively, in the production of energy. On the other hand, chitin and lignin, if well characterized and used in their nanodimensions, have shown to be useful in producing various nanoparticles (NPs) and nanocomposites which may be used in different industrial fields such as agriculture and in electronics, household items, cosmetics, and medical devices. Given the different electrical charges that may cover their surface, these polymers may be complexed using a gelation method to generate micro/nanoparticles able to encapsulate different active ingredients. In turn, the obtained nanocapsules may be embedded into nanoemulsions/gels or into nonwoven tissues/films suitable for cosmetic treatments produced by electrospinning or casting technologies, respectively. It is worth underlining that the special ecofriendly tissues obtained from these natural polymers could be used to produce innovative and biodegradable single-use surgical masks and menstrual products, baby nappies, and wet wipes to reduce the actual volume of non-biodegradable plastic waste, which has further increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is interesting, in fact, to underline that both chitin and lignin, along with their complexes, are easily metabolized into compounds that can be utilized by human as well as plant cells as food and/or energy, being both skin- and environmentally friendly.
This Special Issue aims to gather research and review papers to increase the knowledge and use of these natural polymers and their derived compounds and discover new ways of producing innovative and smart products to be used as cosmeceuticals.
Prof. Dr. Pierfrancesco Morganti
Prof. Dr. Maria Beatrice Coltelli
Guest Editors
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