Bapan Adak

Abstract Wearable electronics offer incredible benefits in mobile healthcare monitoring, sensing, portable energy harvesting and storage, human‐machine interactions, etc., due to the evolution of rigid electronics structure to flexible and stretchable devices. Lately, transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) are highly regarded as a group of thriving two‐dimensional nanomaterials and extraordinary building blocks for emerging flexible electronics platforms because of their excellent elect

This study reports for the first time a green process to fabricate Lyocell fiber and graphene oxide (GO) based novel cellulose/graphene oxide nanocomposite (CGN) flexible films for ultraviolet (UV) shielding applications. A polyethelene glycol (PEG) mediated solvent system was utilized to make CGN films via solution casting route. To improve the dispersion of GO sheets in a cellulosic matrix, a reactive interface was formed in between cellulose and oxygenic functionalized groups of GO sheets via

The worldwide concern of ensuring a sustainable future for the coming generations has led to the idea of developing renewable functional materials. Cellulose, the most abundant natural biopolymer on earth is a remarkably low-cost material with excellent inherent properties. Nanocellulose is derived from different cellulosic sources in various forms which have excellent properties such as high surface area, crystallinity, mechanical strength, and tunable chemistry. Owing to these exciting feature

This review highlights the recent advances in MXene-conducting polymer hybrids for wearable electronics ( e.g. , energy storage, pressure sensing, and EMI shielding, etc. ). Furthermore, several future research trends have also been envisioned.

ABSTRACT Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/clay nanocomposite films were produced by incorporation of organo‐modified montmorillonite clay (Cloisite 30B) in TPU matrix by two different melt‐mixing routes (direct and master‐batch‐based mixing), followed by compression molding. In master‐batch mixing where the master‐batch was prepared by mixing of clay and TPU in a solvent, better dispersion of clay‐layers was observed in comparison to the nanocomposites produced by direct mixing. As a consequence

ABSTRACT In this study, all‐cellulose composite laminates were prepared from lyocell fabric with ionic liquid (1‐butyl‐3‐methyl imidazolium chloride), a conventional hand layup method, and compression molding. Eight layers of lyocell fabric, which were impregnated with ionic liquid, were stacked symmetrically and hot‐pressed under compression molding for various times; this resulted in the partial dissolution of the surface of the lyocell fibers. The dissolved cellulose held the laminas together

This review explores the evolving landscape of sustainable food packaging, focusing on biopolymer and nanomaterial-based coatings for paper substrates. As global initiatives prioritize circular economy strategies, the demand for biodegradable and recyclable alternatives to single-use, petroleum-based polymers has intensified. Paper packaging emerges as a promising candidate, despite inherent barrier performance limitations. This review examines recent advancements in enhancing paper-based packag

Smart and Functional Textiles is an application-oriented book covering a wide range of areas from multifunctional nanofinished textiles, coated and laminated textiles, wearable e-textiles, textile-based sensors and actuators, thermoregulating textiles, to smart medical textiles and stimuli-responsive textiles. It also includes chapters on 3D printed smart textiles, automotive smart textiles, smart textiles in military and defense, as well as functional textiles used in care and diagnosis of Covi