The Food–Materials Nexus: Next Generation Bioplastics and Advanced Materials from Agri-Food Residues
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2021-10-28
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41
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Advanced Materials, articlenumber 2102520
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The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri-food losses and waste (FLW) into functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food residuals are put in perspective, adding to the water–food–energy nexus. Low value or underutilized biomass, biocolloids, water-soluble biopolymers, polymerizable monomers, and nutrients are introduced as feasible building blocks for biotechnological conversion into bioplastics. The latter are demonstrated for their incorporation in multifunctional packaging, biomedical devices, sensors, actuators, and energy conversion and storage devices, contributing to the valorization efforts within the future circular bioeconomy. Strategies are introduced to effectively synthesize, deconstruct and reassemble or engineer FLW-derived monomeric, polymeric, and colloidal building blocks. Multifunctional bioplastics are introduced considering the structural, chemical, physical as well as the accessibility of FLW precursors. Processing techniques are analyzed within the fields of polymer chemistry and physics. The prospects of FLW streams and biomass surplus, considering their availability, interactions with water and thermal stability, are critically discussed in a near-future scenario that is expected to lead to next-generation bioplastics and advanced materials.Description
| openaire: EC/H2020/788489/EU//BioELCell Funding Information: D.S.C. thanks the financial support from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) (grants no. 2017/12174‐4 and 2018/22214‐6), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), MCTI‐SisNano (CNPq/402.287/2013‐4), and Rede Agronano‐EMBRAPA. The authors also acknowledge funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC Advanced Grant Agreement No. 788489, “BioElCell”). O.J.R. is grateful to the Canada Excellence Research Chair initiative and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH
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biopolymers, circularity, food losses, food waste, functional materials, sustainable plastics, upcycling
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Otoni, C G, Azeredo, H M C, Mattos, B D, Beaumont, M, Correa, D S & Rojas, O J 2021, ' The Food–Materials Nexus: Next Generation Bioplastics and Advanced Materials from Agri-Food Residues ', Advanced Materials, vol. 33, no. 43, 2102520 . https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202102520