Researchers have recently focused on the advancement of new materials from bio-renewable and sustainable sources because of the great concerns about environmental, waste accumulation and destruction, and the inevitable depletion of fossil resources. The bio-renewable-based materials have been extensively used as a matrix or reinforcement in many applications. In the development of innovative methods and materials, composites offer important advantages because of their excellent properties such as ease of fabrication, higher mechanical properties, high thermal stability, and many more. Especially, the nanocomposites (obtained by using biorenewable sources) have significant advantages when compared to conventional composites.The nanocomposites have been utilized in many applications ranging from food, biomedical, electroanalysis, energy storage, wastewater treatment, automotive etc. This comprehensive review provides chemistry, structures, advanced applications and recent developments about nanocomposites obtained from bio-renewable sources.
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