Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Despite recent progress in preparing numerous types of nanosheets, it remains a difficult
challenge to assemble the tiny building blocks into functional macroscale architectures …

This review covers recent developments on the topic of DNA gel particles formed in water–
water emulsion-type interfaces. A general understanding of interactions between DNA and …

Henri Braconnot, who was the director of the Botanical Gardens at the Academy of Sciences
in Nancy, France, discovered chitin in 1811 after the report of a “material particularly …

Aqueous mixtures of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes undergo associative phase
separation, resulting in coacervation, gelation, or precipitation. This phenomenon has been …

Aqueous mixtures of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes undergo associative phase
separation, resulting in coacervation, gelation, or precipitation. This phenomenon has been …

Mixing of oppositely charged surfactants and polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions can lead
to associative phase separation, where the concentrated phase assumes the form of a …

Antibacterial surfactant mixtures attract widespread interest in the design of consumer
product formulations, but often use toxic biocidal agents such as cationic surfactants …

Polymeric assemblies are used in many biomaterials applications, ranging from drug-
bearing nanoparticles to macroscopic scaffolds. Control over their biodegradation rates is …

The effect of ionic strength on adsorption of chitosan on mica as well as the impact of
addition of an anionic surfactant, SDS, on the adsorbed chitosan layers is explored. It is …