A recent publication on “Hierarchically reinforced biopolymer composite films as multifunctional plastics substitute” in Cell Reports Physical Science garnered a lot of attention and press releases! Our group member Yosra Kotb, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation in April worked on making these high-performance multifunctional composite films made of nano- and microscale reinforced naturally sourced biopolymers. These films are made of an agarose matrix reinforced with hierarchically branched soft dendritic colloids (SDCs) from chitosan. The films are also biodegradable, have antibacterial properties, repel water, and are transparent. The findings could eventually lead to sustainable packaging films for food and consumer goods.
Congratulations Yosra! 🙂
Check out the paper here:
Hierarchically reinforced biopolymer composite films as multifunctional plastics substitute
Please check out the links below for press releases on this new and exciting paper!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010764
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-combine-biopolymers-derived-ocean-synthetic.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231211114519.htm