Biodegradable Polymer Nanofibers Applied in Slow Release Systems for Agri-Food Applications

摘要: Polymer nanofibers possess remarkable properties including high aspect ratio, nanoscale diameters, mechanical flexibility, varied morphology and porosity large surface area for bulk or modification. These features make them highly potential technological applications, where active components can be added to the depending on specific target application. produced by several techniques, but electrospinning (ES) solution blow-spinning (SB-Spinning) are two techniques of outmost importance, once they allow controlling features, diameter morphology, combined at a production rate. Such polymer have been applied in biotechnological medical sensors, catalysts pollutant adsorption platforms. In agriculture, specifically, used design slow release systems using biodegradable micro- containing compounds such as antibiotics, fertilizers pesticides. increase application efficiency smaller amount material, reducing costs toxicity-related problems. this context, book chapter recent developments ES SB-Spinning system aiming agricultural food applications reviewed presented.