Recycled brown pulp from paper and cardboard waste is a promising source material for producing sustainable aerogels. Brown pulp aerogels offer an attractive way to upcycle waste paper products into high performance materials.
Capiworld has successful created CARTCYCLE product from recycled brown pulp using green technology, offer a promising circular economy approach that combines material sustainability, waste management and functional material design.
CARTCYCLE products exhibit several advantages over aerogels produced from virgin materials. They help reduce dependence on forestry for cellulose, offer a sustainable alternative to petrochemical-based aerogels, and provide a viable outlet for recycling paper waste.
APPLICATION
CARTCYCLE products can be use in in insulation, energy storage, and biomedicine due to their advance properties.
- Building insulation: CARTCYCLE blankets can be installed in walls, roofs, windows and floors to significantly improve the energy efficiency of buildings by reducing heat transfer.
- Footwear and apparel insulation: CARTCYCLE embedded in fabrics or coatings for clothing and footwear provide enhanced insulation, moisture management and breathability.
- Thermal protectors: CARTCYCLE can be used as thermal protectors for high temperature equipment like furnaces and ovens.
- Biomedical uses - As drug delivery systems and scaffolds in tissue engineering. Due to their high porosity, large surface area and tunable properties, CARTCYCLE can be used as drug delivery systems:
- The nano-sized pores of CARTCYCLE can encapsulate drugs and release them in a controlled manner. This allows for sustained drug release over time.
- CARTCYCLE can be functionalized with different chemicals to optimize their interactions with specific drugs and target tissues.
- Mesoporous CARTCYCLE have been investigated as carriers for oral, topical and injectable drug delivery.
- Wound dressings: Antibacterial CARTCYCLE dressings have been developed for treating chronic wounds.
- Drug carriers: CARTCYCLE particles have been investigated for targeted delivery of drugs to tumors.
- Biosensors: CARTCYCLE have been used to immobilize biomolecules for developing biosensing platforms.
