Polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposite: Processing, additive manufacturing and advanced applications

RA Ilyas, SM Sapuan, MM Harussani, M Hakimi… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over recent years, enthusiasm towards the manufacturing of biopolymers has attracted
considerable attention due to the rising concern about depleting resources and worsening …

Novel trends in hydrogel development for biomedical applications: A review

P Sánchez-Cid, M Jiménez-Rosado, A Romero… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, there are still numerous challenges for well-known biomedical applications,
such as tissue engineering (TE), wound healing and controlled drug delivery, which must be …

Recent developments in chitosan-based adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments

DC da Silva Alves, B Healy, LAA Pinto… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quality of water is continuously under threat as increasing concentrations of pollutants
escape into the aquatic environment. However, these issues can be alleviated by adsorbing …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles as effective drug delivery systems—a review

K Jafernik, A Ładniak, E Blicharska, K Czarnek… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan-based nanoparticles (chitosan-based nanocomposites; chitosan nanoparticles;
ChNPs) are promising materials that are receiving a lot of attention in the last decades …

A pH and temperature dual-responsive microgel-embedded, adhesive, and tough hydrogel for drug delivery and wound healing

X Peng, Q Peng, M Wu, W Wang, Y Gao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels have attracted much attention over the past decade for
potential bioengineering applications such as wound dressing and drug delivery. In this …

Chemical and physical Chitosan modification for designing enzymatic industrial biocatalysts: How to choose the best strategy?

YL Nunes, FL de Menezes, IG de Sousa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Taguchi design-assisted co-immobilization of lipase A and B from Candida antarctica onto chitosan: Characterization, kinetic resolution application, and docking …

KS Moreira, ALB de Oliveira… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present communication, the simultaneous co-immobilization by covalent binding of
lipase A from Candida antarctica (CALA) and lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) in …

Recent advancements in materials and coatings for biomedical implants

KK Amirtharaj Mosas, AR Chandrasekar, A Dasan… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metallic materials such as stainless steel (SS), titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg) alloys, and
cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloys are widely used as biomaterials for implant applications …

Biosynthesis MgO and ZnO nanoparticles using chitosan extracted from Pimelia Payraudi Latreille for antibacterial applications

IB Amor, H Hemmami, SE Laouini, HB Temam… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Chitosan (CS) is one of the most abundant biopolymers in nature with superior properties
such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, lack of toxicity, antimicrobial activity, acceleration …

Chitosan-based drug delivery systems: Current strategic design and potential application in human hard tissue repair

Z Liu, K Wang, X Peng, L Zhang - European polymer journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Direct utility of molecular drugs has been hindered in dental and bone engineering because
of their short-term biological effects in vivo, fast metabolism or difficulties in achieving drug …