Green fabrication of PHBV microbeads using a dimethyl isosorbide solvent for skin exfoliators
Xianzhu You, Yating Zhou, Xuru Jin, Sheng Xiang, Xiaopeng Pei, Hua Zhou, Zhiyong Liao, Ying Tan
Abstract
PHBV microbeads were made in an eco-friendly way, and are eco-friendly, biocompatible, harmless to plants and aquatic organisms and degradable. They showed excellent skin cleaning efficiency, proving their potential to replace traditional petroleum-based microbeads.
Topics & Concepts
Environmentally friendlyIsosorbideBiocompatible materialFabricationSolventPolyurethaneChemistryChemical engineeringMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryBiomedical engineeringMedicineEcologyEngineeringPathologyAlternative medicineBiologySurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPlant Surface Properties and Treatments