Considering the limitation of fossil-based materials, now more and more attention has been focused on the utilization of bioresources which are generally renewable and then environmentally friendly. Our research group has been working on developing high-value added novel functional materials using various molecules and polymers from bioresources or biomasses, which are produced by microorganisms, plants, and algae. My talk will highlight a few novel biomaterials developed in our lab for biomedical applications staring from biomass molecules and polymers such as cyclodextrins, polyhydroxybutyrate, lignin, and alginate, using these naturally occurring molecules and polymers as important building blocks for developing the functional biomaterials. For example, supramolecular micelles, hydrogels, and nanoparticles were developed from cyclodextrins for drug and gene delivery; novel smart hydrogels and nanovesicles were developed from polyhydroxybutyrate, gene carriers were developed from lignin, and injectable smart hydrogels releasing drug encapsulated micelles were developed from alginate.

Development of functional materials by utilizing bioresource polymers

2019 Fall National Meeting

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