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Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications
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Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world as mentioned in this paper, and the main sources of chitin are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs, which are used for food, cosmetics, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2006-07-01. It has received 6365 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chitin nanofibril.read more
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Fabrication of Chitosan/PVA/GO/CuO patch for potential wound healing application.
K.S. Venkataprasanna,J. Prakash,S. Vignesh,G. Bharath,Manigandan Venkatesan,Fawzi Banat,Sheik Mohideen Sahabudeen,Saravanan Ramachandran,G. Devanand Venkatasubbu +8 more
TL;DR: Go/CuO NC enhance the wound healing mechanism by increasing cell proliferation, antimicrobial property and rapid initiation of inflammatory, and shows a potential way for wound healing applications.
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Biodegradable, Efficient, and Breathable Multi-Use Face Mask Filter
Sejin Choi,Hyeonyeol Jeon,Min Jang,Hyeri Kim,Giyoung Shin,Jun Mo Koo,Minkyung Lee,Hye Kyeong Sung,Youngho Eom,Ho-Sung Yang,Jonggeon Jegal,Jeyoung Park,Dongyeop X. Oh,Sung Yeon Hwang +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two biodegradable microfiber and nanofiber mats are integrated into a Janus membrane filter and then coated by cationically charged chitosan nanowhiskers.
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Preparation of chitosan–TPP nanoparticles using microengineered membranes – Effect of parameters and encapsulation of tacrine
TL;DR: It is shown that favorable micromixing conditions are created on top of the membrane surface to form chitosan–TPP nanoparticles, which were prepared by a novel technique based on ionic gelation using sodium tripolyphosphate as cross-linking agent.
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One-Step Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots from Chitosan as a Sole Precursor Using Chemical Vapor Deposition
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple, environment-friendly, and fast synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) on copper foil by chemical vapor deposition using exclusively chitosan, a cheap and nontoxic biopolymer, as a carbon and nitrogen precursor.
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Extraction, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Activity of Chitosan from Horse Mussel Modiolus modiolus.
Rahul Varma,Sugumar Vasudevan +1 more
TL;DR: The antibacterial activities of chitosan from the horse mussel were found to be efficient at a 200 μg/mL concentration against all the bacterial strains tested with a comparatively higher antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
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Chitosan chemistry and pharmaceutical perspectives.
TL;DR: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. S. Nagar, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Application of chitin- and chitosan-based materials for enzyme immobilizations: a review
TL;DR: A review of the literature on enzymes immobilized on chitin- and chitosan-based materials, covering the last decade, is presented in this paper, where one hundred fifty-eight papers on 63 immobilized enzymes for multiplicity of applications ranging from wine, sugar and fish industry, through organic compounds removal from wastewaters to sophisticated biosensors for both in situ measurements of environmental pollutants and metabolite control in artificial organs, are reviewed.
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Novel injectable neutral solutions of chitosan form biodegradable gels in situ
Abdellatif Chenite,C Chaput,Dadong Wang,C Combes,Michael D. Buschmann,Caroline D. Hoemann,Jean-Christophe Leroux,B.L Atkinson,F Binette,A Selmani +9 more
TL;DR: This study reports for the first time the use of polymer/polyol salt aqueous solutions as gelling systems, suggesting the discovery of a prototype for a new family of thermosetting gels highly compatible with biological compounds.
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An infrared investigation in relation with chitin and chitosan characterization
J Brugnerotto,J. Lizardi,Francisco M. Goycoolea,Waldo Argüelles-Monal,Jacques Desbrieres,Marguerite Rinaudo +5 more
TL;DR: The use of infrared spectroscopy for characterization of the composition of chitin and chitosan covering the entire range of degree of acetylation (DA) and a wide variety of raw materials is examined further in this article.