ArticleNature chemical engineering2025
Degradable poly(β-amino ester) microparticles for cleansing products and food fortification.
Article in Nature chemical engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Formation and Transformation of Micro(nano)plastics: Mechanisms and Environmental Health Implications.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Biopolymer-Based Active and Intelligent Food Packaging: Recent Advances in Materials, Technologies, and Applications.Polymers · 2026Review
- The critical role of food fortification in combatting malnutrition and disease susceptibility in Africa.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Advanced Oral Delivery Systems for Nutraceuticals.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025Review
- COAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- Degradable poly(β-amino ester) microparticles for cleansing products and food fortification.Nature chemical engineering · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microplastic pollution is a pressing global crisis caused by the extensive use of nondegradable microplastic materials in daily activities. One effective approach to mitigate this issue is to replace nondegradable plastics with degradable materials that have properties amendable for targeted applications. Here we present the development of a degradable microparticle (MP) platform based on a poly(β-amino ester) (PAE) that degrades into sugar and amino acid derivatives. This PAE MP platform showed functional replacement of nondegradable microplastics used in cleansing products and food fortification. In cleansing products, PAE MPs effectively enhanced the cleansing efficiency of a representative rinse-off product and showed effective removal of potentially toxic elements, as an alternative of traditional nondegradable microbeads. In food fortification, PAE MPs provided robust protection for multiple essential vitamins and minerals against extensive cooking and storage conditions with rapid nutrient release in a simulated human digestion system. Collectively, these PAE MPs present a potential platform to replace microplastic usage on a global scale in many applications.
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