Makvandi, Pooyan and Iftekhar, Sidra and Pizzetti, Fabio and Zarepour, Atefeh and Zare, Ehsan Nazarzadeh and Ashrafizadeh, Milad and Agarwal, Tarun and Padil, Vinod V. T. and Mohammadinejad, Reza and Sillanpaa, Mika and Maiti, Tapas Kumar and Perale, Giuseppe and Zarrabi, Ali and Rossi, Filippo (2021) Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19 (1). pp. 583-611. ISSN 1610-3653 (Print) 1610-3661 (Online)
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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01089-4
Abstract
The inert nature of most commercial polymers and nanomaterials results in limitations of applications in various industrial fields. This can be solved by surface modifications to improve physicochemical and biological properties, such as adhesion, printability, wetting and biocompatibility. Polymer functionalization allows to graft specific moieties and conjugate molecules that improve material performances. In the last decades, several approaches have been designed in the industry and academia to graft functional groups on surfaces. Here, we review surface decoration of polymers and nanomaterials, with focus on major industrial applications in the medical field, textile industry, water treatment and food packaging. We discuss the advantages and challenges of polymer functionalization. More knowledge is needed on the biology behind cell–polymer interactions, nanosafety and manufacturing at the industrial scale.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Antibacterial; Drug delivery; Functional polymers; Functionalization; Surface modification |
| Divisions: | Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center |
| Depositing User: | Ali Zarrabi |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2022 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2022 14:52 |
| URI: | https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/43250 |
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