Chitosan as an environment friendly biomaterial–a review on recent modifications and applications

PS Bakshi, D Selvakumar, K Kadirvelu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Amongst the natural polymers, chitin is the second most abundant, present mainly in fungi
and exoskeleton of crustaceans. It forms a major part of the seafood waste as compiled and …

Biomaterials for skin substitutes

M Sheikholeslam, MEE Wright… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with extensive burns rely on the use of tissue engineered skin due to a lack of
sufficient donor tissue, but it is a challenge to identify reliable and economical scaffold …

Biodegradable piezoelectric skin-wound scaffold

R Das, TT Le, B Schiff, MT Chorsi, J Park, P Lam… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation (ES) induces wound healing and skin regeneration. Combining ES
with the tissue-engineering approach, which relies on biomaterials to construct a …

Recent advancement of molecular structure and biomaterial function of chitosan from marine organisms for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical application

B Li, J Elango, W Wu - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is an innate cationic biological polysaccharide polymer, naturally obtained from
chitin deacetylation, that possesses broad-spectrum properties such as antibacterial …

Highly defined 3D printed chitosan scaffolds featuring improved cell growth

L Elviri, R Foresti, C Bergonzi, F Zimetti… - Biomedical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The augmented demand for medical devices devoted to tissue regeneration and possessing
a controlled micro-architecture means there is a need for industrial scale-up in the …

Nanomaterials-incorporated hydrogels for 3D bioprinting technology

J Yoon, H Han, J Jang - Nano Convergence, 2023 - Springer
In the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, various hydrogels derived from
the extracellular matrix have been utilized for creating engineered tissues and implantable …

Chitosan films for regenerative medicine: Fabrication methods and mechanical characterization of nanostructured chitosan films

A De Masi, I Tonazzini, C Masciullo, R Mezzena… - Biophysical …, 2019 - Springer
Regenerative medicine is continuously facing new challenges and it is searching for new
biocompatible, green/natural polymer materials, possibly biodegradable and non …

Bio-inspired materials for nutrient biocapture from wastewater: Microalgal cells immobilized on chitosan-based carriers

S Vasilieva, E Lobakova, T Grigoriev, I Selyakh… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The successful application of the cross-linked chitosan-based polymers for microalgae
immobilization and biocapture of nutrients is reported for the first time. Highly porous …

Comparative study on antimicrobial activity and biocompatibility of N-selective chitosan derivatives

PS Bakshi, D Selvakumar, K Kadirvelu… - Reactive and Functional …, 2018 - Elsevier
N-selective derivatives of chitosan (CH) namely, N-methyl chitosan (NMC), trimethyl
chitosan (TMC), diethyl methyl chitosan (DEMC) and carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC) were …

Multi-hierarchical tissue-engineering ECM-like scaffolds based on cellulose acetate with collagen and chitosan fillers

KI Lukanina, TE Grigoriev, SV Krasheninnikov… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel high-tech composite biomimetic matrixes for a wide range of medical purposes were
prepared. The structure of scaffolds was inspired by the architecture of native decellularized …