American researchers have found that natural polymers derived from okra and fenugreek are extremely effective in purifying ...

An example is found in a 2021 study by Diana Gregor-Svetec et al. as published in Polymers. PLA composites created with lignin and surface-modified nanofibrillated (nanofiber) cellulose (NFC).

Similarly, natural polymers such as hyaluronic acid, chitosan, sodium alginate, cellulose, heparin, and proteins are utilized in transdermal drug delivery systems for tumor therapy due to their ...

Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, has co-authored a review on natural polymer-based hydrogels published in Food Biomacromolecules titled ...

Scientists found that okra and fenugreek powders trap up to 90% of microplastics in ocean, freshwater, and groundwater samples.

Natural Polymers—A Sustainable Alternative to Plastic Plastic, the material of the 20th century, has revolutionized our lives in less than 100 years, but has led to environmental challenges posed by ...

Scientists developing new biomaterials often try to mimic the body's natural proteins, but a chemist shows that simpler polymers -- based on a handful of plastic building blocks -- also work well.

Microplastics are fragments of polymers that range in size from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer). Plastics smaller than that are considered nanoplastics ...