Author: pedrofardim
Special Issue “Polysaccharide Chemistry—a Tool for Novel, Sustainable, and Advanced Products and Materials: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Thomas Heinze”
Polysaccharides, fascinating biopolymers and the most common organic compounds on earth, possess amazing molecular and supramolecular structures. Chemical modification, including unconventional methods for the modification of polysaccharides, has opened new avenues to...
Durable nanofibrous matrices augmented with hydrotalcite-like compounds for cutaneous regeneration of burn wounds
Electrospinning of Gelatin (G) and Poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (P) incorporated with anionic drug (AgSD) loaded hydrotalcite (L) (L-AgSD) is carried out to fabricate a nanofibrous scaffold which would recreate the native extracellular matrix...
Incorporation of cellulose fiber in glass ionomer cement
This study investigated the effect of discontinuous cellulose microfibers with various loading fractions on selected physical properties of glass polyalkenoate (glass ionomer) cement (GIC). Fiber‐reinforced GIC (Exp‐GIC) was prepared by adding discontinuous...
Fabrication of Biohybrid Polysaccharide-Protein Material for Wound-Healing Application
Tissue engineering is currently one the fastest growing engineering fields, requiring fabrication of advanced and multifunctional materials to be used as scaffolds or dressing for tissue regeneration. In this work, a bilayer...
Rice Husk Bio-Chars as Adsorbents of Contaminants from Water
Biobased adsorbents are eco-friendly materials used for water and wastewater treatment and air cleaning. This research work explores the potential use of rice husk chars as a low-cost adsorbent for pollutants from...
Doctoral Defense with Stein Mincke, Ghent University. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, February 2020
Title of the Thesis: The many faces of chitosan : derivatization to improve antimicrobial and metal removal properties Supervisor: Christian Stevens (UGent) Department of Green Chemistry and Technology Abstract: Global warming, fossil fuel...
Chemical Engineering for Human Health – Course @KU Leuven
The definition of human health is complex and multifaceted. In addition to genetics, the health of individuals is controlled by external and environmental factors, which influence cell metabolism and introduce mutations that...
Defense of Doctoral Thesis with Veronica Nessi, INRAe, Nantes, France, December 2019
Supervisor: Denis Lordin Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to characterize the structure-properties relationships in physiological conditions of composite materials developed by extrusion from potato starch plasticized with glycerol and...
Using Oxone and TAED activator in non-chlorine bleaching of soda bagasse pulp
Bagasse fiber has been used in the production of bleached chemical pulp by the Pars Paper Company. In this company, a conventional three-stage sequence of hypochlorite, alkaline extraction and second hypochlorite (HEH)...