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 …

Crosslinking strategies in modulating methylcellulose hydrogel properties

L Bonetti, L De Nardo, S Farè - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Methylcellulose (MC) hydrogels are ideal materials for the design of thermo-responsive
platforms capable of exploiting the environment temperature as a driving force to activate …

Salicyl-imine-chitosan hydrogels: Supramolecular architecturing as a crosslinking method toward multifunctional hydrogels

MM Iftime, S Morariu, L Marin - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogels based on chitosan and salicyladehyde were obtained by dynamic covalent
chemistry. The unusual chitosan gelling in the presence of the monoaldehyde has been …

Preparation and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol/glutaraldehyde cross-linked chitosan/ε-Polylysine degradable composite film and its antibacterial effect

S Guo, X Zhang, R Ma, X Ge, H Shen, W Liang… - Journal of Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explored the potential feasibility of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), glutaraldehyde-
crosslinked chitosan (GC), and ε-polylysine (ε-PL) antimicrobial biodegradable films within …

Gamma radiation synthesis of a novel amphiphilic terpolymer hydrogel pH-responsive based chitosan for colon cancer drug delivery

MM Ghobashy, AM Elbarbary, DE Hegazy - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Particularly, chitosan (Cs) loaded with drug cannot pass through the colonic region, often
leading in the bursting drug release in the stomach due to its solubility in gastric contents …

Study of chitosan/xanthan gum polyelectrolyte complexes formation, solid state and influence on ibuprofen release kinetics

A Ćirić, Đ Medarević, B Čalija, V Dobričić… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the combined influence of pH adjusting agent type (hydrochloric,
acetic or lactic acid) and initial pH value (3.6, 4.6, and 5.6) on formation of biocompatible …

Dual crosslinked iminoboronate-chitosan hydrogels with strong antifungal activity against Candida planktonic yeasts and biofilms

D Ailincai, L Marin, S Morariu, M Mares… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitosan based hydrogels are a class of cross-linked materials intensely studied for their
biomedical, industrial and environmental application, but their biomedical use is limited …

Stimuli-responsive composite hydrogels with three-dimensional stability prepared using oxidized cellulose nanofibers and chitosan

MPH Pedige, TA Asoh, YI Hsu, H Uyama - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels have garnered the attention of the hydrogel industry, as they
are able to change their physical and chemical properties based on changing external …

Dynamic imine bond based chitosan smart hydrogel with magnified mechanical strength for controlled drug delivery

S Sharma, P Jain, S Tiwari - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogel finds an interesting candidate in the biomedical field due to their unique properties
such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, soft as tissue etc. In the reported research article …

Role of micellar interface in the synthesis of chitosan nanoparticles formulated by reverse micellar method

MS Orellano, GS Longo, C Porporatto… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Chitosan nanoparticles (Ch-NPs) have been extensively studied due to their wide
applicability. The reverse micellar method has attracted special attention as a way to …