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Electrospinning of food proteins and polysaccharides

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In this paper, a review on the processing, properties, functionalization, and potential applications of electrospun biopolymers is presented, including proteins, polysaccharides, and cellulose derivatives, pullulan, dextran, cyclodextrins.
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This article is published in Food Hydrocolloids.The article was published on 2017-07-01. It has received 222 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Gelatin & Pullulan.

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Electrospinning: A novel nano-encapsulation approach for bioactive compounds

TL;DR: In this paper, a brief summary of electrospinning and its application in encapsulation different types of bioactive compounds by biopolymer matrixes is presented, and the existing limitations and scope for future research are discussed.
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Latest Progress in Electrospun Nanofibers for Wound Healing Applications

TL;DR: This Review focuses on the latest advances made in the application of electrospun scaffolds for bioactive wound healing, and places an emphasis on how flexibility of the electrospinning process enables production of advanced scaffolds such as core-shell fibrous scaffolds, multilayer scaffolding, and surface modified scaffolds.
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Electrospinning and electrospray of bio-based and natural polymers for biomaterials development.

TL;DR: The use of electrospun/electrospray bio-based and natural polymers in the last ten years in food technology and smart packaging, food additives, antimicrobial packaging, enzyme immobilization, tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound dressing, anti-allergy fibers from milk, and faux meat is reviewed.
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Emulsion electrospinning: Fundamentals, food applications and prospects

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the fundamentals and advantages of emulsion electrospinning as well as its food applications and highlight the effects of different types of emulsifiers on the formation of the emulsion system and emulsion-based electrospun fibers.
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Electrospun starch nanofibers: Recent advances, challenges, and strategies for potential pharmaceutical applications.

TL;DR: The challenges and strategies for the fabrication and application of starch fibers in pharmaceutical applications are presented and recent developments in the synthesis of electrospun starch fibers from common starch, modified starch, and hybrids with other polymers are reviewed.
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Ultra-high surface fibrous membranes from electrospinning of natural proteins: casein and lipase enzyme

TL;DR: In this paper, casein, a natural protein, was electrospun into ultra-thin fibrous membranes with diameters between 100 and 500 nm by chemical crosslinking with 4,4′-methylenebis(phenyl diisocyanate) (MDI) in THF.
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Electrospinning alginate-based nanofibers: From blends to crosslinked low molecular weight alginate-only systems

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported preparation of nanofibers containing alginate using two different molecular weights (MWs): 37 kDa and 196 kDa), and compared the solution properties, including entanglement concentration, relaxation time, conductivity, and surface tension, to their ability to be electrospun.
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Nanofibrous chitosan non-wovens for filtration applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a chitosan-based nanofibrous filter media with varying fiber diameter and filter basis weight was used for a wide variety of filtration applications ranging from water purification to air filter media.
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Core−Shell Structured PEO-Chitosan Nanofibers by Coaxial Electrospinning

TL;DR: The prepared coaxial nanofibers (hollow and solid) have several potential applications due to the presence of chitosan on their outer surfaces, and have been produced using a coaxial electrospinning setup.
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Electrospinning of collagen nanofiber scaffolds from benign solvents.

TL;DR: FTIR spectra suggest that the triple helical structure of collagen was conserved after dissolution and electrospinning, and simple binary mixtures of phosphate-buffered saline and ethanol have been found to be highly effective for electrosp spinning.
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