Natural polysaccharides from different sources have long been studied and widely used in
different areas, such as food and feed, medicine and pharmaceutics, and in papermaking. In …

Alginate is a natural polysaccharide that is easily chemically modified or compounded with
other components for various types of functionalities. The alginate derivatives are appealing …

This review concerns the applications of some polysaccharides in the domain of
biomaterials and bioactive polymers. Natural polysaccharides from different sources have …

Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks, with chemical or physical
cross-links, capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. Among the …

Background Novel methods are necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality of patients
suffering from infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Being the most common infectious …

Recent advances in medicine and biotechnology have prompted the need to develop
nanoengineered delivery systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of novel therapeutics …

The advent of Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly to fabricate polymeric as well as hybrid
multilayer thin films has opened exciting avenues for the design of multifunctional drug …

Polyelectrolyte capsules have recently been introduced as new microscopic vehicles which
could have high potential in the biomedical field. In this critical review we give an …

In this study, a magnetic-sensitive microcapsule was prepared using Fe3O4/poly
(allylamine)(Fe3O4/PAH) polyelectrolyte to construct the shell. Structural integrity …

Multilayer microcapsules with ultrathin wall thickness (in the nanometer range) and
predesigned shape and size have been recently fabricated and extensively studied [1, 2] …