The increasing emergence of skin diseases and the difficulty in treating damaged skin using
conventional therapies have been calling for the development of novel drug delivery …

Chitosan, a low cost polymer, has been used in many studies for adsorption of heavy metal
ions. This review covers the performance of all those adsorbents which were derived from …

Advanced development of chitosan hydrogels has led to new drug delivery systems that can
release their active ingredients in response to environmental stimuli. This review considers …

Physically cross-linked hydrogels are used as scaffolds in tissue engineering applications
because they are easily produced and avoid the potential toxicity produced by chemical …

The advances in the field of biomaterials have led to several studies on alternative
biocompatible devices and to their development focusing on their properties, benefits …

Chitosan with abundant functional groups is regarded as important ingredients for preparing
aerogel materials in life science. The biocompatibility and biodegradability of chitosan …

Hydrogels produced from a single polymer show several disadvantages to biomedical
applications. Binary and ternary blends of chitosan, gelatin, and polyvinyl alcohol can lead …

Traditional strategies of bone repair include autografts, allografts and surgical
reconstructions, but they may bring about potential hazard of donor site morbidity, rejection …

Chitosan (CS) as the only polycation coming from renewable resources is endowed with
intrinsic valuable properties, such as: biocompatibility, biodegradability, low cost, easy …

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels have attracted much attention over the past decade for
potential bioengineering applications such as wound dressing and drug delivery. In this …