WP5:Development of active ingredients and materials
Responsible's address: sonia.calligaris@uniud.it
End Date:31/08/2025
Task Leader: ITA.
contribution of: UMF , MU and UGT.
Development of novel packaging structures, functional food ingredients, cosmetic products and wound healing dressings using OS and extracted biopolymers.
- Development of nanofibers and nanocapsules enriched with antioxidant properties
Development of nanofibers and nanocapsules enriched with antioxidant properties. In this task, different encapsulation strategies will be tested (i.e. electrospinning, antisolvent, etc.) and the thermostability and the release in model foods described by the Commission Regulation UE (2011) number 10/2011/EC will be carried out
- start date: 01/09/2024
- end date: 28/02/2025
- Task’s leader: Dr. Hana Maalej
- Development of OS biopolymers-based films enriched or not with antioxidant properties
Development of OS biopolymers-Based films and films enriched with antioxidant properties. Two different approaches will be used to obtain tailor-made films. On the one hand, encapsulation structures will be dispersed in bio-based matrices using the proteins and/or polysaccharides developed in WP2. On the other hand, a biolayering technology based on the electrospinning technique will be used to generate fiber-based coating.
- start date: 01/09/2024
- end date: 31/08/2025
- Task’s leader: Dr. Suming Li
- Exploitation of OS-biopolymers for the preparation of emulsions and nano-emulsions
Exploitation of OS-biopolymers for the preparation of emulsions and nano-emulsions. The OS derivative with the highest possible interfacial properties will be used to generate emulsions and nano-emulsions using high pressure homogenization (HPH) technology. Emulsion characteristics and stability will be studied by measuring particle size distribution, mean diameter and zeta potential.
- start date: 01/09/2024
- end date: 28/02/2025
- Task’s leader: Prof. Sonia Calligaris
- Exploitation of OS-biopolymers for the preparation of gels
Exploitation of OS-biopolymers for the preparation of gels, including hydrogels, oleogels and cryogels or aerogels. The structure of the obtained gels will be characterized using different techniques (rheological, mechanical and BET analyses and microscopy).
- start date: 01/12/2024
- end date: 31/05/2024
- Task’s leader: Prof. Sonia Calligaris
- Development of levan-based hydrogels and cosmetic formulations
Development of cosmetic formulations including biopolymers-based superabsorbent hydrogels and biopolymer containing levan hydrogels and effect of their combinatory usage in the cosmetic field will be investigated. Mechanical and rheological properties of the hydrogel will be investigated via rheometer analyses.
- start date: 01/03/2025
- end date: 31/08/2025
- Task’s leader: Prof. Ebru toksoy
- Development of wound healing hydrogel patch
Development of wound healing film dressing from CMC, MC or EHEC based hydrogels produced in WP2. The cytotoxicity and antibacterial activities of hydrogels will also be determined to evaluate their potential in wound healing applications. The films will be characterized by using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), FTIR, TGA and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
- start date: 01/03/2025
- end date: 31/08/2025
- Task’s leader: Dr. Suming Li