Emerging chitin and chitosan nanofibrous materials for biomedical applications

F Ding, H Deng, Y Du, X Shi, Q Wang - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past several decades, we have witnessed significant progress in chitosan and
chitin based nanostructured materials. The nanofibers from chitin and chitosan with …

Functionalized antimicrobial nanofibers: Design criteria and recent advances

N Hamdan, A Yamin, SA Hamid, WKWA Khodir… - Journal of functional …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rise of antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health and it is
spreading globally. It can cause common infectious diseases to be difficult to treat and leads …

Electrospun chitosan/sericin composite nanofibers with antibacterial property as potential wound dressings

R Zhao, X Li, B Sun, Y Zhang, D Zhang, Z Tang… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Chitosan and sericin are natural and low cost biomaterials. Both biomaterials displayed
good compatibility to human tissues and antibacterial properties for biomedical application …

Recent developments in antimicrobial polymers: A review

MRE Santos, AC Fonseca, PV Mendonça, R Branco… - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial polymers represent a very promising class of therapeutics with unique
characteristics for fighting microbial infections. As the classic antibiotics exhibit an …

Positively charged polymers as promising devices against multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria: A Review

S Alfei, AM Schito - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has increased markedly in Gram-negative bacteria, causing severe
infections intractable with traditional drugs and amplifying mortality and healthcare costs …

Tailoring the gelatin/chitosan electrospun scaffold for application in skin tissue engineering: an in vitro study

M Pezeshki-Modaress, M Zandi, S Rajabi - Progress in biomaterials, 2018 - Springer
The nanofibrous structure containing protein and polysaccharide has good potential in
tissue engineering. The present work aims to study the role of chitosan in gelatin/chitosan …

Mechanism of action of electrospun chitosan-based nanofibers against meat spoilage and pathogenic bacteria

M Arkoun, F Daigle, MC Heuzey, A Ajji - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the antibacterial mechanism of action of electrospun chitosan-based
nanofibers (CNFs), against Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced mechanical, UV protection and antimicrobial properties of cotton fabric employing nanochitosan and polyurethane based finishing

S Muzaffar, M Abbas, UH Siddiqua, M Arshad… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, nanochitosan-polyurethane dispersions (NCS-PUs) were
prepared via polymerization process and applied on polyester cotton fabric (PCF) as a …

Antibacterial electrospun chitosan‐based nanofibers: A bacterial membrane perforator

M Arkoun, F Daigle, MC Heuzey… - Food Science & Nutrition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the antibacterial action of chitosan‐based nanofibers (CNF s)
obtained by the electrospinning process on the permeability of bacterial membranes. The …

A concise review on electrospun nanofibres/nanonets for filtration of gaseous and solid constituents (PM2. 5) from polluted air

B Robert, G Nallathambi - Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
Although wide ranges of fibrous filters are available, tailoring mechanically robust, and
multifunctional (adsorb toxic gases, potent antibacterial, anti-corrosive, etc.) polymeric …