Deconstruction and Reassembly of Renewable Polymers and Biocolloids into Next Generation Structured Materials.

ABSTRACT: This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and reassembly into engineered materials. We introduce the main interactions that control bottom-up synthesis and top-down design at different length scales, highlighting the promise of natural biopolymers and associated building blocks. The latter have become main actors in the recent surge of the scientific and patent literature related to the subject. Such developments make prominent use of multicomponent and hierarchical polymeric assemblies and structures that contain polysaccharides (cellulose, chitin, and others), polyphenols (lignins, tannins), and proteins (soy, whey, silk, and other proteins). We offer a compre

SUBMITTER: Tardy BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature