TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecofriendly biopolymers and composites
T2 - Preparation and their applications in water-treatment
AU - Udayakumar, Gowthama Prabu
AU - Muthusamy, Subbulakshmi
AU - Selvaganesh, Bharathi
AU - Sivarajasekar, N.
AU - Rambabu, Krishnamoorthy
AU - Sivamani, Selvaraju
AU - Sivakumar, Nallusamy
AU - Maran, J. Prakash
AU - Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Ahmad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/11/15
Y1 - 2021/11/15
N2 - Over the past few decades, the term polymer has been repeatedly used in several industries for their immense characteristics in different applications. Polymers and their composites which were prepared from chemical monomer sources turned out to be potentially harmful to the environment due to their tedious degradation process. Biopolymers are natural substitutes for synthetic polymers which can be efficiently extricated from natural sources. They are predominantly available as polymeric units as well as monomeric units that are linked covalently. These environment-friendly biopolymers and their composites can be categorized based on their numerous sources, different methods of preparation and their potential form of usage. They were found to be biocompatible and biodegradable which make them exceptionally useful in environment based applications, mainly in the process of water treatment, both potable and wastewater. Further, the biopolymer and biopolymer composites easily fit into different parts of the treatment process by acting as filtration media, adsorbents, coagulants and as flocculants. The primary focus of this review is to provide a comprehensive information of biopolymers and biopolymer composites from synthesis to their usefulness for their productive application in water treatment processes. On the whole, it can be substantiated that the biopolymers were identified to play a notable adversary to the synthetic polymers in treating waters with an indispensable need for an elaborative study in the production of the biopolymers.
AB - Over the past few decades, the term polymer has been repeatedly used in several industries for their immense characteristics in different applications. Polymers and their composites which were prepared from chemical monomer sources turned out to be potentially harmful to the environment due to their tedious degradation process. Biopolymers are natural substitutes for synthetic polymers which can be efficiently extricated from natural sources. They are predominantly available as polymeric units as well as monomeric units that are linked covalently. These environment-friendly biopolymers and their composites can be categorized based on their numerous sources, different methods of preparation and their potential form of usage. They were found to be biocompatible and biodegradable which make them exceptionally useful in environment based applications, mainly in the process of water treatment, both potable and wastewater. Further, the biopolymer and biopolymer composites easily fit into different parts of the treatment process by acting as filtration media, adsorbents, coagulants and as flocculants. The primary focus of this review is to provide a comprehensive information of biopolymers and biopolymer composites from synthesis to their usefulness for their productive application in water treatment processes. On the whole, it can be substantiated that the biopolymers were identified to play a notable adversary to the synthetic polymers in treating waters with an indispensable need for an elaborative study in the production of the biopolymers.
KW - Biopolymer
KW - Characterization
KW - Composite
KW - Synthesis
KW - Water treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107815
DO - 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107815
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34400260
AN - SCOPUS:85114385084
SN - 0734-9750
VL - 52
JO - Biotechnology Advances
JF - Biotechnology Advances
M1 - 107815
ER -