Chitosan hydrogels for water purification applications

M Chelu, AM Musuc, M Popa, JM Calderon Moreno - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan-based hydrogels have gained significant attention for their potential applications in
water treatment and purification due to their remarkable properties such as bioavailability …

Chitosan interaction with stomach mucin layer to enhances gastric retention and mucoadhesive properties

K Ahmad, Y Zhang, P Chen, X Yang, H Hou - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
The interaction between mucoadhesive materials and mucin layers is of significant interest
in the development of drug delivery systems and biomedical applications for effective …

Chitosan–silica composites for adsorption application in the treatment of water and wastewater from anionic dyes

M Blachnio, M Zienkiewicz-Strzalka… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A series of new types of composites (biopolymer–silica materials) are proposed as selective
and effective adsorbents. A new procedure for the synthesis of chitosan–nanosilica …

Structural, optical, and electrical enhancement of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and sodium alginate (NaAlg) through embedding silver nanoparticles (Ag NP) for …

HM Ragab, MO Farea - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2023 - Springer
Researchers have recently become interested in polymer-based energy storage. Using the
sol–gel method, we prepared silver nanoparticles (Ag NP) as nanofillers with filling levels of …

Current Status of Marine Animal Derived Polysaccharides in Sustainable Food Packaging

S Sarkar, S Manna, S Das, S De, P Paul… - ACS Food Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The dominant use of synthetic plastic derivatives is one of the major concerns across the
world. The irrational use of plastic not only causes environmental pollution but also is …

Functional chitosan and its derivative-related drug delivery systems for nano-therapy: recent advances

Z Wang, F Yu, F Hu - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the struggle against diseases, the development of nano-therapy has certainly been a
tremendous progression owing to the various superiority, and chitosan is no doubt a kind of …

Thiolated chitosan encapsulation constituted mucoadhesive nanovaccine confers broad protection against divergent influenza A viruses

P Ding, H Liu, X Zhu, Y Chen, J Zhou, S Chai… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Influenza A virus (IAV) poses a significant threat to human and animal health, necessitating
the development of universal influenza vaccines that can effectively activate mucosal …

Construction of smart halloysite nanocontainers for active long-term anticorrosion of epoxy coatings

T Yang, T Wang, H Feng, B Chen, L Cao, T Sun… - Progress in Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasing severity of metal corrosion damage, preparing coatings with long-term
anticorrosion properties is attracting more attention. Herein, halloysite nanotubes (HNT) …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-animal extracts and biocompatible polymers forming oil-in-water emulsions: Formulations for food and pharmaceutical industries

KG Felix-Sagaste, M Garcia-Carrasco… - Hybrid Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of formulations from plant or animal extracts and polymeric platforms has
been well established toward emulsion-based delivery systems, avoiding the use of …

Flame-Retardant and Smoke-Suppression Properties of Bamboo Scrimber Coated with Hexagonal Boron Nitride

G Li, Y Yu, S Yuan, W Zhang, X Wang - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
In order to improve the flame-retardant properties of bamboo scrimber, chitosan (CS) and
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were used as the film-forming substances, and hexagonal boron …