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, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Marine resources have tremendous potential for developing high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

The biological material, chitin, is present in nature in three allomorphic forms: α, β and γ.
Whereas most studies have dealt with α-and β-chitin, only few investigations have focused …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer consisting of N-acetylglucosamine units and
is primarily derived from the shells of marine crustaceans and the cell walls of organisms …

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

Chitin is a long-chain polymer of N-acetyl-glucosamine, which is regularly found in the
exoskeleton of arthropods including insects, shellfish and the cell wall of fungi. It has been …

In the development of technology, a source of inspiration for mankind is the nature.
Naturally, many biological surfaces having unique micro–nanostructures, such as lotus …

This work presents an Extreme Biomimetic approach for the development of a novel non-
enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor based on modification of a glassy carbon …

In this study, a novel biocompatible magnetic chitin nanofiber composite (MCNC) was
developed as a support for enzyme immobilization, and the enzyme-immobilizing ability was …