It can be difficult to carry materials innovation from discovery through commercialization, as it requires people at every level of the supply chain to take risks ...

Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, co-authored a review on natural polymer-based hydrogels in Food Biomacromolecules by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

To address key chemistry and engineering research challenges in accelerating the development of more sustainable functional materials using natural polymers through green chemistry and/or green ...

This September, the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute launched the Natural Polymers Consortium (NPC). The consortium has been in the works for the last year, and several virtual and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo engineer Kaihang Shi specializes in using artificial intelligence, molecular simulation and other approaches to create nanomaterials for energy and sustainability ...

Macromolecular-based gene delivery systems have emerged as viable alternatives to non-viral vectors for gene therapy due to their versatility, biocompatibility, and capacity to efficiently deliver ...

As the environmental costs of petroleum-based plastics mount, researchers are exploring renewable and biodegradable alternatives that are less harmful to ecosystems. One such alternative gaining ...

Plastic pollution is an evolving global environmental crisis. More than 90% of all plastics manufactured end up polluting the environment, where they can harm ecosystems and impact human health. This ...

While natural polymers, including starches and cellulose, are still commonly used in biomedical research, the utilization of synthetic biodegradable polymers in pharmaceutical and tissue-engineering ...

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...