Eapen Philip

Bishop Moore College,Mavelikara · Post graduate department of Chemistry

The bio-based products can provide a solution to the problems associated with petroleum shortages and waste treatment. Nanocellulose development has raised massive interest for a variety of applications pertinent to the material engineering to biomedical fields due to its biodegradable nature, impressive optical properties, anisotropic shape, high...

Pure nanocellulose was extracted from agricultural waste material namely jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) peel through acid hydrolysis. The extraction method utilizes soapnut solution as an eco-friendly bleaching agent in order to avoid environment polluting chlorinated chemicals. Various thin films were prepared by solvent casting nanocellulos...

Bioplastics are startlingly growing in a rapid rate in the field of packaging to introduce newer high-end green materials. Nanocellulose is biodegradable, bio-based and can be effectively utilized for developing novel bioplastics using plasticizers and fillers. Triethylcitrate is used in the present study because of its non-toxic nature and better...

Maintaining the safety and quality of food are major concerns while developing biomaterial based food packaging. It offers a longer shelf-life as well as protection and quality control to the food based on international standards. Nano-biotechnology contributes to a far extent to make advanced packaging by developing multifunctional biomaterials fo...

Wastewater management has significant interest worldwide to establish viable treatment techniques to ensure the availability of clean water. The specialities of nanocellulose for this particular application is due to their high aspect ratio and accessibility of plenty of –OH groups for binding with dyes, heavy metals and other pollutants. This revi...

Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is a highly crystalline, highly polymerized material with a high aspect ratio, excellent flexibility, high water holding capacity, tensile strength,and other unique features. High purity cellulose can be produced with a variety of physio-chemical properties based on that growth medium and kinds of fermentation processe...

Biosurfactants are natural surface-active materials created by microorganisms. Biosurfactants can contribute several properties including antibacterial, antioxidant, emulsifying, and antiadhesive activities to the food in which they are incorporated. Biosurfactants have been employed in food formulations to enhance viscosity, extending the shelf li...

The use of jackfruit peel as a source for natural and fully biodegradable “nanocellulose” (NC) for the production of bioplastics with Azadirachta indica (A. indica) extracts and polyethylene glycol (PEG) for the antibacterial properties is investigated. The characterization of the biocomposite using FT-IR and WXRD was reported. The physicochemical...

Nanocellulose fibers are widely acknowledged as a more sustainable alternative to polyimide and polyethylene terephthalate-based plastic films derived from petrochemicals. Cellulose is also utilised in packaging, tissue engineering, electronic, optical, and sensor applications, pharmaceutical applications, cosmetic applications, insulation, water f...

Biocomposites can effectively be contributed to the development of optical devices to design sustainability, biocompatibility, flexibility, and sensing ability. Many biocomposite derived optical biosensors have been developed in the detection of biomarkers in malignancies such as breast cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma cancer, and various other disord...

Metal corrosion is one of the key challenges for materials scientists. This natural process creates loses in a variety of industries and necessitates enormous efforts to mitigate its effects. Organic coatings are still the most commonly utilised technique for protecting metallic materials against corrosion. They have opened a new field of research...

Nanocellulose (NC) is becoming a wonderful biomaterial with wider applications in food, biomedical, cosmetics, and other sectors. The bio-derived NC is easily degradable and can be effectively used for constructing novel bioplastics which finds applications in food packaging and wound dressing. The chemical composition and morphology of NC isolated...

Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) has been emerging as a biomaterial of considerable significance in a number of industrial sectors because of its remarkable physico-chemical and biological characteristics. High capital expenses, manufacturing costs, and a paucity of some well scalable methods, all of which lead to low BNC output in commercial scale, a...

Lignin is the world's second most prevalent biomaterial, but its effective value-added product valorization methods are still being developed. The most common preparation processes for converting lignin to platform chemicals and biofuels are fragmentation and depolymerization. Due to its structural diversity, fragmentation generally produces a vari...

Biomass waste can originate from a range of sectors, including agricultural, forestry, aquatic, and industrial waste. In order to establish a cost effective biorefinery technology for industrializing nanocellulose-derived biomaterials, optimization of various factors affecting bioprocess is necessary. An overview of various cost-effective and green...

Lignocellulosic biomass has been emerging as a biorefinery precursor for variety of biofuels, platform chemicals and biomaterials because of its specific surface morphology, exceptional physical, chemical and biological characteristics. The selection of proper raw materials, integration of nano biotechnological aspects, and designing of viable proc...

Heavy metal pollution generated by urban and industrial activities has become a major global concern due to its high toxicity, minimal biodegradability, and persistence in the food chain. These are the severe pollutants that have the potential to harm humans and the environment as a whole. Mercury, chromium, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, and nickel...

Lignin is the world's second most prevalent biomaterial, but its effective value-added product valorization methods are still being developed. The most common preparation processes for converting lignin to platform chemicals and biofuels are fragmentation and depolymerization. Due to its structural diversity, fragmentation generally produces a vari...

The ever rising problems associated with petroleum derived fuels and chemicals have contributed to establish an alternative platform for generation of bio-based fuels and value added materials. In this point of view, cellulosic biorefinery has attracted considerable and growing attention to develop a vast variety of platform chemicals, biofuels and...

Cellulose nanomaterials are developing nowadays as a promising environmental friendlier biomaterial that can be extracted from native plant sources. These materials, because of their excellent physico-chemical and biological properties, urged much interest in biomedical applications. In this paper a detailed review on nanocellulose is provided with...

Nanobiocatalysts are one of the most promising biomaterials produced by synergistically integrating advanced biotechnology and nanotechnology. These have a lot of potential to improve enzyme stability, function, efficiency and engineering performance in bioprocessing. Functional nanostructures have been used to create nanobiocatalysts because of th...

Biodegradable polymer composites have enormous potential in industrial sector due to their biodegradability and other enhanced mechanical properties. The production of composites can be done by combining two or more chemically different materials or phases, such as polymers in an orderly manner or merely by mixing. These composites have several adv...

Non-degradable plastics are a global crisis that has a detrimental effect on human life and all living systems. Normally, extraction of nanocellulose passes through several tedious processing including a number of steam explosions. This paper is demonstrating an easy method for the extraction of nanocellulose by using a cheaper, effective and modif...

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Lignocellulosic materials have huge potential because of their abundance, renewability, and non-edible nature aids to develop it to an eco-friendly bioplastic. These feedstocks can be utilized for extracting lignin and cellulose. Both the materials can easily be tunable by surface modifications and other chemical derivatizations to produce differen...

Cellulose nanomaterials are developing nowadays as a promising environmental friendlier biomaterial that can be extracted from native plant sources. These materials, because of their excellent physico-chemical and biological properties, urged much interest in biomedical applications. In this paper a detailed review on nanocellulose is provided with...

Nano based consumer products are considered as major innovation in 21st century. The most profound impact of nanoparticles has been found in biomedical field such as targeted therapy, biomedical imaging, bimolecular sensing and tissue engineering. The peculiar magnetic, electronic and optical properties of nanomaterial made it an attractive candida...

Reducing food waste by maximum resource utilization creates good impacts for food security, environment, and climate. Fruit and vegetables are among the most commonly used commodities of all horticultural crops. Therefore, all wastes could be considered as a desirable byproduct if sufficient technological means are used to increase the value of su...

Biopolymer based antibacterial wound dressings have tremendous potential in medical field owing to their biodegradable and biocompatible nature. In this study, we propose the use of the alginate, aloe vera, honey and cellulose nanocrystals for the preparation of wound dressings. The purpose is to blend the appropriate exudate absorption of alginate...

The environmental management of biomaterials is really a powerful tool for the development of novel biomaterials. A biomaterial is any material, natural or synthetic, that includes whole or a part of a living structure or biomedical device that performs, augments, or replaces a natural function. In this chapter, several aspects of management of bio...

Nanocellulose is cellulose fibrils with one of its dimensions in nanometer range. It shares specific properties of both cellulosic and nanoscale materials. The two main families of nanocellulose particles include cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cellulose nanofibers (CNFs). Both families have found use in paper making with CNCs limited to surface...