Functional Biodegradable Nanocomposites

184 Pages·2022·4.805 MB·english

by  López D., Echeverría C., Sonseca A. (ed.)

Functional
Biodegradable
Nanocomposites
Edited by
Daniel López, Coro Echeverría and Águeda Sonseca
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Functional Biodegradable
Nanocomposites
Functional Biodegradable
Nanocomposites
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DanielLo´pez
CoroEcheverr´ıa
A´guedaSonseca
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Contents
Prefaceto”FunctionalBiodegradableNanocomposites”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
AguedaSonseca,CoroEcheverrı´aandDanielLo´pez
FunctionalBiodegradableNanocomposites
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2022,12,2500,doi:10.3390/nano12142500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Tiphaine Messin, Nade`ge Follain, Quentin Lozay, Alain Guinault, Nicolas Delpouve,
Je´re´mieSoulestin,CyrilleSollogoubandSte´phaneMarais
BiodegradablePLA/PBSAMultinanolayerNanocomposites:EffectofNanoclaysIncorporation
inMultinanolayeredStructureonMechanicalandWaterBarrierProperties
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,2561,doi:10.3390/nano10122561 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
AguedaSonseca, SalimMadani, GemaRodrı´guez, V´ıctorHevilla, CoroEcheverr´ıa, Marta
Ferna´ndez-Garc´ıa,AlexandraMun˜oz-Bonilla,NoureddineCharefandDanielLo´pez
Multifunctional PLA Blends Containing Chitosan Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Thermal,
Mechanical,Antibacterial,andDegradationProperties
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,22,doi:10.3390/nano10010022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AguedaSonseca,SalimMadani,AlexandraMun˜oz-Bonilla,MartaFerna´ndez-Garc´ıa,Laura
Peponi,Adria´nLeone´s,GemaRodr´ıguez,CoroEcheverr´ıaandDanielLo´pez
Biodegradable and Antimicrobial PLA–OLA Blends Containing Chitosan-Mediated Silver
NanoparticleswithShapeMemoryPropertiesforPotentialMedicalApplications
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,1065,doi:10.3390/nano10061065 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
G.M.NazmulIslam,StewartCollie,MohammadQasimandM.AzamAli
HighlyStretchableandFlexibleMeltSpunThermoplasticConductiveYarnsforSmartTextiles
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,2324,doi:10.3390/nano10122324 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CoroEcheverr´ıaandCarmenMijangos
A Way to Predict Gold Nanoparticles/Polymer Hybrid Microgel Agglomeration Based on
RheologicalStudies
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2019,9,1499,doi:10.3390/nano9101499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
ShiSuandPeterM.Kang
SystemicReviewofBiodegradableNanomaterialsinNanomedicine
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,656,doi:10.3390/nano10040656 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Haichao Liu, Ranran Jian, Hongbo Chen, Xiaolong Tian, Changlong Sun, Jing Zhu,
ZhaogangYang,JingyaoSunandChuanshengWang
Application of Biodegradable and Biocompatible Nanocomposites in Electronics: Current
StatusandFutureDirections
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2019,9,950,doi:10.3390/nano9070950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
MadisonBardotandMichaelD.Schulz
BiodegradablePoly(LacticAcid)NanocompositesforFusedDepositionModeling3DPrinting
Reprintedfrom:Nanomaterials2020,10,2567,doi:10.3390/nano10122567 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
v
Preface to ”Functional Biodegradable
Nanocomposites”
ThisSpecialIssuepresentsseveralexamplesofthelatestadvancesinfunctionalbiodegradable
nanocompositesfordifferentpropertiesandapplications,namelypackaging,electronic,conductive,
andbiomedicalapplications.Itisaimedatscientistsinallapplicationareasinterestedindeveloping
environmentally friendly materials while improving their properties and functionalities. Authors
contributingtothisSpecialIssueareacknowledged. Wetrustthatreaderswillfindthiscontentof
interest.
DanielLo´pez,CoroEcheverr´ıa,andA´guedaSonseca
Editors
vi
nanomaterials
Editorial
Functional Biodegradable Nanocomposites
AguedaSonseca1,*,†,CoroEcheverría1,2,*andDanielLópez1,2,*
1 MacroEngGroup,InstitutodeCienciayTecnologíadePolímeros(ICTP-CSIC),C/JuandelaCierva3,
28006Madrid,Spain
2 InterdisciplinaryPlataformfor“SustainablePlasticstowardsaCircularEconomy”(SUSPLAST-CSIC),
Madrid,Spain
* Correspondence:[email protected](A.S.);[email protected](C.E.);[email protected](D.L.)
† Currentaddress:InstitutodeTecnologíadeMateriales,UniversitatPolitècnicadeValència(UPV),
CaminodeVeras/n,46022Valencia,Spain.
Over367milliontonsofplasticsareproducedannuallyworldwide,andthegrowth
ofplasticpollutionhasbecomeaglobalconcern[1].Environmentalissuesrelatedtothe
persistenceofplasticwastehaveurgedthedevelopmentofmoresustainablebiodegradable
alternatives.Consequently,in2018,theEuropeanCommissionadoptedacirculareconomy
planforthemanagementofplasticsbasedoninnovativeresearchonpolymersderived
fromnaturalresources[2].Thus,biodegradablepolymershavebeeneffectivelydeveloped
overthelastfewyearsaspromisingalternativestomostlynon-degradablecommodity
polymers,meetingthedemandsofabroadrangeoffields,includingthemedical,packaging,
agricultural,personalcare,andautomotiveindustries[3].
Individually,biodegradablepolymersdonotpossessphysicalpropertiesormechani-
calstrengthscomparabletotheirnon-degradablecounterparts,limitingtheirapplication.
Significantresearcheffortshavebeenmadeforthedevelopmentofbiodegradablepoly-
mericformulationswithmechanicalandphysicalpropertiescomparabletothoseofnon-
biodegradableones[4].Asaresult,biodegradablenanocompositesenteredtheresearch
scene,offeringthepossibilityofnew,enhancedpropertiesandfieldsofapplication[5].
OneofthereviewsinthisSpecialIssuefocusesontheapplicationofbiodegradableand
Citation:Sonseca,A.;Echeverría,C.;
biocompatiblenanocompositesinelectronics,highlightingtheneedfordegradablefunc-
López,D.FunctionalBiodegradable
tionalsystemsbasedonnanocompositestodealwiththeproblemofelectronicwaste[6].
Nanocomposites.Nanomaterials2022,
Nanoparticleshavealsofoundapplicationsinnanomedicine,providinguniqueproperties
12,2500. https://doi.org/10.3390/
andgreatadvantagesthankstotheirsmallsizethatisfavorablefromatherapeuticpointof
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view.However,theirsafetyhasbeenquestionedmanytimes.Inthiscontext,biodegrad-
Received:29June2022 ablenanomaterials,degradableunderbiologicalconditions,holdgreatpromiseinthe
Accepted:30June2022 biomedicalfield,andthelatestadvancesarereviewedinthisSpecialIssuebySuetal.[7].
Published:21July2022 Thepropertiesofnanocompositesdependnotonlyonthepropertiesofindividual
Publisher’sNote:MDPIstaysneutral materials,butalsoontheirinterfacialinteractionsandmorphology,whicharesignificantly
withregardtojurisdictionalclaimsin affectedbyprocessingmethods.Inthiscontext,Echeverríaetal.presentadetailedrheo-
publishedmapsandinstitutionalaffil- logicalstudythatinvestigateshowgoldnanoparticles(AuNP)affectthepropertiesofa
iations. hybridpoly(acrylamide-co-acrylicacid)P(AAm-co-AAc)microgelmatrix.Theknowledge
presentedthroughthisworkfacilitatesthepredictionofsystembehavior,consequently
allowingthepreparationofreproduciblesystems,forinstance,asinjectablesystems[8].
Bardotetal.reviewthedevelopmentofnanocompositesbasedonpolylacticacid(PLA),a
Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. biodegradablebiopolymerobtainedfromagriculturalproducts,bymeansoffuseddepo-
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. sitionmodelling(3Dprinting).Theydemonstratethepossibilityofobtainingbiodegrad-
Thisarticleisanopenaccessarticle ablesystemswithoutcompromisingmechanicalrobustness,whichiskeyinindustrial
distributed under the terms and
applications[9].
conditionsoftheCreativeCommons
Asevidencedinthereviewdescribedabove,polylacticacid(PLA)representsapromis-
Attribution(CCBY)license(https://
ingalternativetomostlynon-degradablecommoditypolymers;moreover,themodulation
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
4.0/).
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Nanomaterials2022,12,2500
ofitsmechanicalperformancecanbecontrolledwithnanocompositesformationandspe-
cificprocessingmethods.Messinetal.developedmulti-nanolayerednanocompositesvia
thecoextrusionofpolylacticacidandpoly(butylenesuccinate-co-butyleneadipate)filled
withnanoclaysinordertoobtainenhancedwaterbarrierproperties[10].Sonsecaetal.de-
velopedplasticizedPLAnanocompositeswithpotentialapplicationforuseasantibacterial
foodpackagingdegradablematerials,incorporatingsilvernanoparticlesobtainedfroma
greensynthesisprocedure.Thesamematerialsweredemonstratedtobeusefulasshape
memorynanocompositesforpotentialmedicalapplication,thankstothesynergisticeffect
oflacticacidoligomer(OLA)andsilvernanoparticles.TheincorporationofOLAasaplasti-
cizerlocatedtheglasstransitionofthesystemneartothephysiologicalone,whilethesilver
nanoparticlesfastenedtherecoveryprocessandimpartedantimicrobialactivity[11,12].
Nazmuletal. producedscalableenvironmentallyfriendlysmartinteractivetextilesby
meansofmeltspunthermoplasticconductiveyarnsbasedonPLA,polypropylene(PP),
andtheirmixtures(PLA/PP)[13].
Insummary,thisSpecialIssuepresentsseveralexamplesofthelatestadvancesin
functionalbiodegradablenanocompositesfordifferentapplications. Wewouldliketo
thankallauthorsforcontributingtothiscollection,andwehopereaderswillfindthe
contentinteresting,enjoyable,anduseful.
Funding:ThisresearchwasfundedbySpanishMinistryofScienceandInnovation(AEIMICINN/
FEDER);ProjectsMAT2016-78437-R,MAT2017-88123-PandPCIN-2017-036andbytheValencian
AutonomousGovernment,GeneralitatValenciana,GVA(GV/2021/182).
Acknowledgments:A.S.acknowledgesher“APOSTD/2018/228”and“PAID-10-19”postdoctoral
contractsfromtheEducation,Research,CultureandSportCouncilfromtheGovernmentofValencia
andfromthePolytechnicUniversityofValencia,respectively.C.E.acknowledgesIJCI-2015-26432
contractfromMICINN.
ConflictsofInterest:Theauthorsdeclarenoconflictofinterest.
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