biostudies-literatureUnknown11(58)Peng RBamboo is a widely used renewable and degradable biomass material; however, its sustainable utilisation is hindered by its susceptibility to mold. The current bamboo anti-mold technology is mainly based on organic chemical agents; these agents can easily induce mold resistance in bamboo with long-term use, and can even adversely affect human health. In the present study, the poly(<i>N</i>-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAm)/citral nanohydrogel was prepared by encapsulating the natural antibiotic citral in PNIPAm for the anti-mold treatment of bamboo. The results revealed that this nanohydrogel exhibited a core-shell system with citral as the 'core' and PNIPAm as the 'shell', an average hydrodynamic diameter of 88.1 nm, and a low critical solution temperature (LCST) of 35.4 °C. After the high-prRSC advances36884-36894https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9043580biostudies-literatureFabrication of core-shell type poly(NIPAm)-encapsulated citral and its application on bamboo as an anti-molding coating.PMC9043580Zhang WDu CZhang JPeng RLi QSun FHu AfalseFabrication of core-shell type poly(NIPAm)-encapsulated citral and its application on bamboo as an anti-molding coating.Bamboo is a widely used renewable and degradable biomass material; however, its sustainable utilisation is hindered by its susceptibility to mold. The current bamboo anti-mold technology is mainly based on organic chemical agents; these agents can easily induce mold resistance in bamboo with long-term use, and can even adversely affect human health. In the present study, the poly(<i>N</i>-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAm)/citral nanohydrogel was prepared by encapsulating the natural antibiotic citral in PNIPAm for the anti-mold treatment of bamboo. The results revealed that this nanohydrogel exhibited a core-shell system with citral as the 'core' and PNIPAm as the 'shell', an average hydrodynamic diameter of 88.1 nm, and a low critical solution temperature (LCST) of 35.4 °C. After the high-pr2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Nov2025-04-03T22:20:37.657Z2025-02-19T01:23:34.119ZS-EPMC90435803549436410.1039/d1ra06352a