Chitosan scaffolds: Expanding horizons in biomedical applications

AD Gholap, S Rojekar, HS Kapare… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a natural polysaccharide from chitin, shows promise as a biomaterial for various
biomedical applications due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial activity …

[HTML][HTML] Chitin, chitosan, and nanochitin: extraction, synthesis, and applications

M Kozma, B Acharya, R Bissessur - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Crustacean shells are a sustainable source of chitin. Extracting chitin from crustacean shells
is ongoing research, much of which is devoted to devising a sustainable process that yields …

Recent perspective of polymeric biomaterial in tissue engineering–a review

MUA Khan, MA Aslam, MFB Abdullah, A Hasan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering represents an advanced approach to treating patients who have
suffered tissue or organ loss or failure, with the ultimate goals of tissue restoration and …

Polysaccharide-bioceramic composites for bone tissue engineering: A review

PM Sivakumar, AA Yetisgin, E Demir, SB Sahin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Limitations associated with conventional bone substitutes such as autografts, increasing
demand for bone grafts, and growing elderly population worldwide necessitate development …

Chitosan-based smart biomaterials for biomedical applications: Progress and perspectives

IJ Budiarso, NDW Rini, A Tsalsabila… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, smart and functional biomaterials have escalated as one of the most
rapidly emerging fields in the life sciences because the performance of biomaterials could …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterials based on chitosan and its derivatives and their potential in tissue engineering and other biomedical applications—A review

M Szulc, K Lewandowska - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the times of dynamically developing regenerative medicine, more and more attention is
focused on the use of natural polymers. This is due to their high biocompatibility and …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetics and adsorption performance of biosorbent starch/poly (vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide nanocomposite for the removal of dyes

VS Priya, SK Basha, VS Kumari - Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for …, 2023 - Springer
The present work reports an efficient removal of a cationic dye, methylene blue (MB), and an
anionic dye, methyl orange (MO) dye from an aqueous solution using graphene oxide (GO) …

Fabrication of magnetic nanocomposite scaffolds based on polyvinyl alcohol-chitosan containing hydroxyapatite and clay modified with graphene oxide: Evaluation of …

A Babakhani, SJ Peighambardoust, A Olad - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the most common systems for bone tissue engineering is polymeric scaffolds.
However, the low mechanical properties of polymeric scaffolds, considering the properties …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: Designing, recent trends, challenges, and prospects

S Sadiq, S Khan, I Khan, A Khan, M Humayun, P Wu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Nanomaterials (NMs) have garnered significant attention in recent decades due to their
versatile applications in a wide range of fields. Thanks to their tiny size, enhanced surface …

[HTML][HTML] Zinc-and copper-doped mesoporous borate bioactive glasses: Promising additives for potential use in skin wound healing applications

F Kermani, S Nazarnezhad, Z Mollaei… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, zinc (Zn)-and copper (Cu)-doped 13-93B3 borate mesoporous bioactive
glasses (MBGs) were successfully synthesized using nitrate precursors in the presence of …