Chitin was first discovered by its name from the Greek word “chiton”, which means “mail
coat”. It is indeed a polysaccharide made up of naturally occurring acetyl-D-glucosamine …

Chitin is the most abundant natural amino polysaccharide, showing various practical
applications owing to its functional properties. However, there are barriers in the …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer and functions as the main structural
component in a variety of living organisms. In nature, chitin rarely occurs in a pure form, but …

The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …

Sponges are a valuable source of natural compounds and biomaterials for many
biotechnological applications. Marine sponges belonging to the order Verongiida are known …

The requirement of promoting a revolution in filtration technology has led to growing
devotion in advanced functional materials such as electrospun membranes for filtering …

Modern scaffolding strategies include two key ways: to produce requested 3D constructs
from corresponding precursors using technological tools, or simply use naturally already pre …

Marine sponges remain representative of a unique source of renewable biological materials.
The demosponges of the family Ianthellidae possess chitin-based skeletons with high …

Chitin, as a fundamental polysaccharide in invertebrate skeletons, continues to be actively
investigated, especially with respect to new sources and the development of effective …