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Ductile, High-Lignin-Content Thermoset Films and Coatings

In the context of transitioning toward a more sustainable use of natural resources, the application of lignin to substitute commonly utilized petroleum-based plastics can play a key role. Although lignin is highly available at low cost and presents interes ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Lignin, from biomass waste to sustainable materials for food packaging, antiviral coatings and agriculture

Alice Boarino

Our planet has been challenged for years by our reckless use of fossil fuels, which has led to the ongoing climate change and energy crisis. The transition to the use of renewable alternative sources has now became urgent and inevitable. The valorization o ...

EPFL2023

Opportunities and Challenges for Lignin Valorization in Food Packaging, Antimicrobial, and Agricultural Applications

Harm-Anton Klok, Alice Boarino

The exploration of renewable resources is essential to help transition toward a more sustainable materials economy. The valorization of lignin can be a key component of this transition. Lignin is an aromatic polymer that constitutes approximately one-third ...

American Chemical Society2023

Biodegradation of water-soluble and water-dispersible polymers for agricultural, consumer, and industrial applications-Challenges and opportunities for sustainable materials solutions

Harm-Anton Klok, Alice Boarino

The development of more sustainable material solutions is one of the key challenges today. New materials are subject to an overall risk assessment of which their impact on the environment is an important aspect. The biodegradability of a material may suppo ...

WILEY2022

Lignin: A Sustainable Antiviral Coating Material

Harm-Anton Klok, Francesco Stellacci, Jeremy Luterbacher, Francesca Olgiati, Alice Boarino, Heyun Wang, Stefania Bertella

Transmission of viruses through contact with contaminated surfaces is an important pathway for the spread of infections. Antiviral surface coatings are useful to minimize such risks. Current state-of-the-art approaches toward antiviral surface coatings eit ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Uniformly Dispersed Poly(lactic acid)-Grafted Lignin Nanoparticles Enhance Antioxidant Activity and UV-Barrier Properties of Poly(lactic acid) Packaging Films

Yves Leterrier, Harm-Anton Klok, Alice Boarino, Aigoul Schreier

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) represents one of the most widely used biodegradable polymers for food packaging applications. While this material provides many advantages, it is characterized by limited antioxidant and UV-barrier properties. Blending PLA with lig ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Mechanical Acceleration of Ester Bond Hydrolysis in Polymers

Harm-Anton Klok, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Frédéric Célerse, Alice Boarino, Jian Wang

Polymers containing ester bonds are ubiquitous. Often, these materials are mechanically challenged, which impacts their stability and degradation. While the accelerative effect of force on the degradation of polyester polymers is well recognized, little is ...

American Chemical Society2022

Reduction-Sensitive Protein Nanogels Enhance Uptake of Model and Tumor Lysate Antigens In Vitro by Mouse- and Human-Derived Dendritic Cells

Harm-Anton Klok, Cristiana Berti, Lisa Patricia Elisabeth Bader, Alice Boarino

Peptides and proteins represent an emerging class of powerful therapeutics. Peptide and protein nanogels are attractive carriers for the transport and delivery of biologically active peptides and proteins because they allow essentially quantitative encapsu ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Polymer Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Oxidized Tumor Lysate-Based Cancer Vaccines

Harm-Anton Klok, Cristiana Berti, Alice Boarino

Cancer vaccination is a powerful strategy to combat cancer. A very attractive approach to prime the immune system against cancer cells involves the use of tumor lysate as antigen source. The immunogenicity of tumor lysate can be further enhanced by treatme ...

2021