Polysaccharide-based biomaterials are an emerging class in several biomedical fields such
as tissue regeneration, particularly for cartilage, drug delivery devices and gel-entrapment …

Chitin is the second-most natural polysaccharide in the world, next to cellulose. The main
sources of chitin are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crab. Our objective is to appraise …

Nanomedicine is defined as the application of nanobiotechnology to medicine. It is a
discipline at the interface of medicine and nanobiotechnology but is not a subspecialty of …

Chitosan was N-acylated with butanoic, hexanoic and benzoic anhydride under
homogeneous conditions in the presence of methanol. The degree of substitution of N-acyl …

Growing interest is being dedicated to soft matter because of its potential in delivering any
type of drugs. Since hydrophilic, lipophilic, small and big molecules can be loaded into these …

Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of hollow silica spheres with a narrow
size distribution, uniform wall thickness, and a worm‐like pore structure. The formation of …

One of the historical problems of medicine is that often, diagnosis and therapy do not
interface, at best. Moreover, especially in some areas, such as oncology, the stress for the …

Hospitals routinely treat patients suffering from overdoses of drugs or other toxic chemicals
as a result of illicit drug consumption, suicide attempts or accidental exposures. However, for …

Low penetration depth of excited light, undesirable distribution of photosensitizers, severe
hypoxia, and inefficient reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in tumors, lead to the …

Silica nanocapsules functionalized with thiol or amine groups with sizes between 100 and
400 nm could be successfully synthesized using the interface of direct miniemulsion droplets …