Processes for Manufacturing Biodegradable Particles for Energy, Environmental and Health Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 600
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical engineering; droplet microfluidics; programming; membrane emulsification; microfluidic emulsification and materials science; wide interest in processes for manufacturing biodegradable microspheres for drug delivery and environmental applications
Interests: gas adsorption; microfluidics; carbon capture storage and utilisation; low-carbon energy systems; process intensification; multiphase systems; numerical modelling of thermochemical processes
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Interests: colloidal chemistry; biodegradable microcapsules; particle encapsulation; particle formulation; particle functionalisation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need to ensure sustainability to preserve our planet has led to the demand for sustainability in manufacturing. The demand for sustainable particles has risen in recent years, due to their wide application in industries such as the energy, drug delivery, personal care, and agricultural industries. The formulation and manufacturing of such particles, therefore, must imbibe characteristics of being inherently biodegradable and compatible with the systems to which they are to be used and discarded.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a much-needed interdisciplinary platform for the presentation of new frontiers in the research of sustainable particle manufacturing, ranging from the nano- to macro scale.
We invite researchers in this field to submit their original papers for inclusion in this Special Issue. This Special Issue will focus on all aspects of sustainable particle manufacturing, including but not limited to:
- Sorbents for separation and purification
- Polymeric catalysts for energy and environmental applications
- Polymeric energy storage materials
- Biodegradable particles for drug delivery
- Biodegradable particles for agricultural soil remediation
- Biodegradable particles for plant fortification
- Biodegradable particles in personal care
- Biodegradable particles for tissue regeneration
- Support particles for 3D meat printing
- Enzyme immobilization particles
- Particles for the detection of pollutants
- Antimicrobial particles
- Antifouling particles for coatings
- Sustainable particles for wear-resistant, UV protective, self-cleaning/superhydrophobic, gas-barrier/filtration coatings
Dr. Ekanem Ekanem
Dr. Ali Nabavi
Dr. Hui Shi
Dr. Davide Califano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- colloids
- biodegradable
- microparticles
- nanoparticles
- particle formulation
- biocompatibility
- sustainability
- green manufacturing
- particle encapsulation
- particle delivery
- self-degradable
- particle functionalisation
- separation
- energy storage
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