TY - JOUR
T1 - Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications
T2 - a review
AU - Makvandi, Pooyan
AU - Iftekhar, Sidra
AU - Pizzetti, Fabio
AU - Zarepour, Atefeh
AU - Zare, Ehsan Nazarzadeh
AU - Ashrafizadeh, Milad
AU - Agarwal, Tarun
AU - Padil, Vinod V.T.
AU - Mohammadinejad, Reza
AU - Sillanpaa, Mika
AU - Maiti, Tapas Kumar
AU - Perale, Giuseppe
AU - Zarrabi, Ali
AU - Rossi, Filippo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Antibacterial
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Functional polymers
KW - Functionalization
KW - Surface modification
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U2 - 10.1007/s10311-020-01089-4
DO - 10.1007/s10311-020-01089-4
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85091118123
SN - 1610-3653
VL - 19
SP - 583
EP - 611
JO - Environmental Chemistry Letters
JF - Environmental Chemistry Letters
IS - 1
ER -