Natural-fiber-reinforced chitosan, chitosan blends and their nanocomposites for various advanced applications

RA Ilyas, HA Aisyah, AH Nordin, N Ngadi, MYM Zuhri… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
There has been much effort to provide eco-friendly and biodegradable materials for the next
generation of composite products owing to global environmental concerns and increased …

Chitosan: a natural biopolymer with a wide and varied range of applications

CP Jiménez-Gómez, JA Cecilia - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although chitin is of the most available biopolymers on Earth its uses and applications are
limited due to its low solubility. The deacetylation of chitin leads to chitosan. This biopolymer …

Antimicrobial chitosan and chitosan derivatives: a review of the structure–activity relationship

P Sahariah, M Másson - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review gives an updated overview of the current state-of-the-art for antimicrobial
chitosan and chitosan derivatives and the effects of structural modifications on activity and …

Chitosan-based blends for biomedical applications

F Seidi, MK Yazdi, M Jouyandeh, M Dominic… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are the most abundant naturally available carbohydrate polymers;
composed of monosaccharide units covalently connected together. Chitosan is the most …

Review of chitosan composite as a heavy metal adsorbent: Material preparation and properties

S Begum, NY Yuhana, NM Saleh, NHN Kamarudin… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
A large amount of wastewater is typically discharged into water bodies and has extremely
harmful effects to aquatic environments. The removal of heavy metals from water bodies is …

A review on chitosan-cellulose blends and nanocellulose reinforced chitosan biocomposites: Properties and their applications

AK HPS, CK Saurabh, AS Adnan, MRN Fazita… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitin is one of the most abundant natural polymers in world and it is used for the production
of chitosan by deacetylation. Chitosan is antibacterial in nature, non-toxic, and …

Sustainable hybrid photocatalysts: titania immobilized on carbon materials derived from renewable and biodegradable resources

JC Colmenares, RS Varma, P Lisowski - Green chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This review comprises the preparation, properties and heterogeneous photocatalytic
applications of TiO2 immobilized on carbon materials derived from earth-abundant …

Transparent bionanocomposite films based on chitosan and TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers with enhanced mechanical and barrier properties

B Soni, MW Schilling, B Mahmoud - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of biobased active films for use in food packaging is increasing due to low
cost, environmental appeal, renewability and availability. The objective of this research was …

Preparation and characterization of green carboxymethylchitosan (CMCS)–Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) electrospun nanofibers containing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and …

HM Ibrahim, MM Reda, A Klingner - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green chemistry was used in nanostructures preparation to impart it amazing innovating
application in the medical field. Herein we prepared novel, cost effective and ultra-safe …

Hyaluronic acid/Na-alginate films as topical bioactive wound dressings

A Abou-Okeil, HM Fahmy, MK El-Bisi… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current work was focused on formulation of new topical bioactive hyaluronic acid
(HA)/Na-alginate (SA) films crosslinked with Ca 2+, Zn 2+, or Cu 2+ metal cations. The …