abstract
This review summarizes and critically addresses the advances achieved on the processing of biomaterials, namely films, scaffolds, and nanoparticles, using ionic liquids as alternative solvents. Biomaterials composed of proteins, polysaccharides, and their blends are here considered. Despite their relevance, the low solubility of these compounds in most solvents repre-sents a major limitation on biomaterials processing. The use of ionic liquids as solvents allows to overcome this limitation to-wards the development of simpler, more efficient and sus-tainable processes for the processing of biomaterials with enhanced properties. Nevertheless, the used ionic liquids also have some disadvantages that need to be overcome when foreseeing the development of sustainable biomaterials processing, being discussed herein.
keywords
STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SCAFFOLDS
subject category
Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics
authors
Polesca, C; Passos, H; Coutinho, JAP; Freire, MG
our authors
Cariny Polesca
PhD Student
Helena Isabel Sousa Passos
Junior Researcher
Mara Guadalupe Freire Martins
Coordinating ResearcherGroups
G4 - Renewable Materials and Circular Economy
G5 - Biomimetic, Biological and Living Materials
Projects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
acknowledgements
This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC). This work was funded by FEDER, through COMPETE2020dPrograma Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI), and by national funds (OE), through FCT/MCTES, from the project POCI-01-0145FEDER-031106 (IonCytDevice). C. Polesca acknowledges FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia for the Ph.D. grant with the reference UI/BD/151282/2021. H. Passos acknowledges FCT, I.P., for the researcher contract CEECIND/00831/2017, under the Scientific Employment Stimulus-Individual Call, 2017.