Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?

Greener alternatives to synthetic polymers are constantly being investigated and sought after. Chitin is a natural polysaccharide that gives structural support to crustacean shells, insect exoskeletons, and fungal cell walls. Like cellulose, chitin resides in nanosized structural elements that can...

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Main Authors:	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli, Jones, Mitchell, Murphy, Richard J, Lee, Koon-Yang, Kontturi, Eero, Bismarck, Alexander
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Subjects:	QR Microbiology TP Chemical technology TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture TP155 Chemical engineering TP248.13 Biotechnology TS1080 Paper manufacture. Woodpulp industry TS195 Packaging
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spelling	iium-770492020-02-26T08:52:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77049/ Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype? Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli Jones, Mitchell Murphy, Richard J Lee, Koon-Yang Kontturi, Eero Bismarck, Alexander QR Microbiology TP Chemical technology TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture TP155 Chemical engineering TP248.13 Biotechnology TS1080 Paper manufacture. Woodpulp industry TS195 Packaging Greener alternatives to synthetic polymers are constantly being investigated and sought after. Chitin is a natural polysaccharide that gives structural support to crustacean shells, insect exoskeletons, and fungal cell walls. Like cellulose, chitin resides in nanosized structural elements that can be isolated as nanofibers and nanocrystals by various top-down approaches, targeted at disintegrating the native construct. Chitin has, however, been largely overshadowed by cellulose when discussing the materials aspects of the nanosized components. This Perspective presents a thorough overview of chitin-related materials research with an analytical focus on nanocomposites and nanopapers. The red line running through the text emphasizes the use of fungal chitin that represents several advantages over the more popular crustacean sources, particularly in terms of nanofiber isolation from the native matrix. In addition, many β-glucans are preserved in chitin upon its isolation from the fungal matrix, enabling new horizons for various engineering solutions. American Chemical Society 2019-10-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77049/1/%5BNawawi2019%5D%20Fungal%20Chitin-Is%20it%20new%20Hype%20%20.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77049/2/%5BNawawi2019%5D%20Fungal%20Chitin-Is%20it%20new%20Hype%20%28Supporting%20Info%29%20.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77049/13/77049_Nanomaterials%20Derived%20from%20Fungal%20Sources%20-%20Is%20It%20the%20New%20Hype_Scopus.pdf Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli and Jones, Mitchell and Murphy, Richard J and Lee, Koon-Yang and Kontturi, Eero and Bismarck, Alexander (2019) Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype? Biomacromolecules. pp. 1-26. ISSN 1525-7797 E-ISSN 1526-4602 (In Press) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01141 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01141
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description	Greener alternatives to synthetic polymers are constantly being investigated and sought after. Chitin is a natural polysaccharide that gives structural support to crustacean shells, insect exoskeletons, and fungal cell walls. Like cellulose, chitin resides in nanosized structural elements that can be isolated as nanofibers and nanocrystals by various top-down approaches, targeted at disintegrating the native construct. Chitin has, however, been largely overshadowed by cellulose when discussing the materials aspects of the nanosized components. This Perspective presents a thorough overview of chitin-related materials research with an analytical focus on nanocomposites and nanopapers. The red line running through the text emphasizes the use of fungal chitin that represents several advantages over the more popular crustacean sources, particularly in terms of nanofiber isolation from the native matrix. In addition, many β-glucans are preserved in chitin upon its isolation from the fungal matrix, enabling new horizons for various engineering solutions.
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author	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli Jones, Mitchell Murphy, Richard J Lee, Koon-Yang Kontturi, Eero Bismarck, Alexander
author_facet	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli Jones, Mitchell Murphy, Richard J Lee, Koon-Yang Kontturi, Eero Bismarck, Alexander
author_sort	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli
title	Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?
title_short	Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?
title_full	Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?
title_fullStr	Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?
title_full_unstemmed	Nanomaterials Derived from Fungal Sources - Is It the New Hype?
title_sort	nanomaterials derived from fungal sources - is it the new hype?
publisher	American Chemical Society
publishDate	2019
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