Biomedical applications of chitosan/silk fibroin composites: A review

X Xing, Y Han, H Cheng - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have been used in the biomedical fields for decades, mainly derived from
animals and plants with high similarities with biomacromolecules in the human body. As an …

Polysaccharides in fabrication of membranes: A review

V Vatanpour, BY Gul, B Zeytuncu, S Korkut… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainability concerns have motivated and directed a great deal of interest over the past
decade towards the development of green technologies. Polysaccharides are green …

New antimicrobial chitosan derivatives for wound dressing applications

OM Dragostin, SK Samal, M Dash, F Lupascu… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a non-toxic, biocompatible, biodegradable natural cationic polymer known for its
low imunogenicity, antimicrobial, antioxidant effects and wound-healing activity. To improve …

Biodegradation behavior and digestive properties of starch-based film for food packaging–a review

C Su, D Li, L Wang, Y Wang - Critical Reviews in Food Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Non-degradable plastic places a serious burden on the environment, so consumers and
researchers are working to develop biodegradable, safe, and sustainable food packaging …

Ultrasound-assisted air-jet spinning of silk fibroin-soy protein nanofiber composite biomaterials

F Yang, F Wang, J Mazahreh, X Hu - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasound utilizes a non-radiation technology that can meet modern standards to gain
access to cheap, reliable and sustainable modern energy. Ultrasound technology can be …

Silk fibroin/chitosan scaffold with tunable properties and low inflammatory response assists the differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

DW Li, X Lei, FL He, J He, YL Liu, YJ Ye, X Deng… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The physical and chemical properties of the scaffold are known to play important roles in
three-dimensional (3D) cell culture, which always determine the cellular fate or the results of …

Development of silk fibroin scaffolds for vascular repair

D Durán-Rey, R Brito-Pereira, C Ribeiro… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silk fibroin (SF) is a biocompatible natural protein with excellent mechanical characteristics.
SF-based biomaterials can be structured using a number of techniques, allowing the tuning …

Electrophoretic deposition of copper (II)–chitosan complexes for antibacterial coatings

MA Akhtar, K Ilyas, I Dlouhý, F Siska… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bacterial infection associated with medical implants is a major threat to healthcare. This
work reports the fabrication of Copper (II)–Chitosan (Cu (II)–CS) complex coatings deposited …

Preparation of silver nanoparticles and riboflavin embedded electrospun polymer nanofibrous scaffolds for in vivo wound dressing application

SB Balakrishnan, S Thambusamy - Process biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Biocompatible silver-based nanofibrous frameworks have attracted intensive attention in
wound dressing materials ascribed to their greater stability, minimal toxicity, excellent …

On the routines of wild‐type silk fibroin processing toward silk‐inspired materials: a review

V Volkov, AV Ferreira… - Macromolecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For years, silk fibroin of a domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been recognized as a
valuable material and extensively used. In the last decades, new application fields are …