New Strategies for the Application of Biopolymer-Based Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Biopolymers are an indispensable part of the human body, life, and society. Common applications of biopolymers include the manufacture of consumer goods, including textiles and clothing; the manufacture of foods and packaging materials; biomedical uses in drug delivery systems, wound closure, healing products, and surgical implants; and as scaffolds for tissue engineering. This Special Issue covers the following topics (however, this list is by no means exhaustive):

• Advances in the production and processing of biopolymers for textile and fashion applications;
• Latest developments in biopolymer use in the food and packaging industries;
• State-of-the-art developments in biomedical applications of biopolymers;
• Advances in biopolymer-based composite materials for technical applications;
• Mechanical engineering aspects of biopolymers and biopolymer-based materials;
• Chemical engineering, chemical analysis and characterisation of biopolymers and biopolymer-based materials;
• Challenges in industrial processing of biopolymers and biopolymer-based materials at a large scale;
• Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping with biopolymers;
• Sustainability (environmental, social and economic) issues related to the processing and applications of biopolymers;
• End-of-life options for biopolymers, including thermos-mechanical recycling, chemical recycling and biodegradation processes;
• Carbon footprint, water footprint, acidification potential, eutrophication potential, ozone layer depletion potential, photochemical smog and human toxicity potential associated with processing and uses of biopolymers and biopolymer-based composite materials.

We cordially invite senior and early career researchers, academics, industry professionals and policy makers to contribute either original or review articles to this multidisciplinary Special Issue.

A guide for authors and other relevant information for the submission of manuscripts can be found on the journal’s website.

Dr. Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem
Dr. Haruna Musa Moda
Prof. Dr. Deepti Gupta
Prof. Dr. Parikshit Goswami
Guest Editors

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