This review provides a balanced integration of the most recent chemical, biochemical and
medical information on the unique characteristics of chitins and chitosans in the area of …

Metallic implants have dominated the biomedical implant industries for the past century for
load-bearing applications, while the polymeric implants have shown great promise for tissue …

Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of
Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of …

Natural bone is actually an inorganic/organic composite mainly made up of nano-structure
hydroxyapatite (Ca10 (PO4) 6 (OH) 2, HAp) and collagen fibers. It is of most importance to …

Resorbable composites are investigated as a means to regenerate bone lost to disease or
trauma without auto-or allografts. Nano-sized hydroxyapatite, among various inorganics in …

Hydroxyapatite (HA) powders were prepared by a chemical precipitation method and used
for the fabrication of the HA–chitosan nanocomposite coatings. The proposed method for the …

This article presents experimental results on the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of
bioresorbable chitosan/45S5 Bioglass® composite coatings for orthopaedic implants based …

Chitosan/nano-hydroxyapatite composites with different weight ratios were prepared
through a co-precipitation method using Ca (OH) 2, H 3 PO 4 and chitosan as starting …

ZnO/carboxymethyl chitosan (ZnO/CMCS) composite was prepared and confirmed by
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Ultraviolet–visible …

Polyelectrolyte complex formation of chitosans of varying average molecular weight and
degree of acetylation with chitosan sulfate or poly (styrene sulfonate) was studied by static …