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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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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
TL;DR: This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.
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Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation
TL;DR: In this paper, a review discusses the various attempts reported on solving this problem from the point of view of the chemistry and the structure of these polymers highlighting the drawbacks and advantages of each method and proposes that based on considerations of structure-property relations, it is possible to obtain chitin fibers with improved strength by making use of their nanostructures and/or mesophase properties of chitins.
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Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties
TL;DR: In this article, the basic building blocks are described, starting with the 20 amino acids and proceeding to polypeptides, polysaccharides, and polyprotein-saccharide.
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Application of chitosan, a natural aminopolysaccharide, for dye removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption processes using batch studies: A review of recent literature
TL;DR: A review of the use of chitosan and its grafted and crosslinked derivatives for dye removal from aqueous solutions can be found in this paper, which summarizes the key advances and results that have been obtained in their decolorizing application as biosorbents.
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Chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue engineering
TL;DR: The preparation and properties of innovative chitosan-based biomaterials, with respect to their future applications, are highlighted, with a special focus on wound healing application.
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A study of the influence of structure on the effectiveness of chitosan as an anti-felting treatment for wool.
TL;DR: No strong dependency of shrinkage on molecular weight or level of N-acetylation has been found, but increasing the hydrophobic character of chitosan through the incorporation of a number of long-chain N-acyl groups gives improved anti-felting behaviour, compared to chitOSan itself, at the same level of add-on.
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Effects of Counter Ions (SO42 – and Cl– ) on the Adsorption of Copper and Nickel Ions by Swollen Chitosan Beads
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Inclusion complex of β-chitin and aliphatic amines
TL;DR: In this paper, the inclusion complexation of β-chitin with linear aliphatic amines was studied by X-ray diffraction, and all tested amines, C3 to C8 monoamines and C2 to C7 diamines with terminal amino groups, reversibly...
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High-resolution electron microscopy on cellulose II and α-chitin single crystals
William Helbert,Junji Sugiyama +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, single-crystalline cellulose II and α-chitin regenerated from low-molecular weight solutions using phosphoric acids as a solvent were investigated by electron diffraction together with high-resolution imaging.
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Temperature and pH-sensitive chitosan hydrogels: DSC, rheological and swelling evidence of a volume phase transition
Francisco M. Goycoolea,Waldo Argüelles-Monal,J. Lizardi,Carlos Peniche,Angeles Heras,Gemma Galed,E.I. Díaz +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a U-shaped cloud point curve with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) centered at ∼30∼°C was observed for chitin gels.