Chitosan has many desirable attributes eg antimicrobial properties and promoting wound
healing, and is used in various applications. This article first discusses how degree of …

Advanced development of chitosan hydrogels has led to new drug delivery systems that can
release their active ingredients in response to environmental stimuli. This review considers …

In recent years, the use of chitosan and its derivatives as flocculants in water treatment has
received considerable attention due to their many advantages, including their widespread …

Chitosan is one of the most studied cationic polysaccharides. Due to its unique
characteristics of being water soluble, biocompatible, biodegradable, and non-toxic, this …

The objective of this paper is to emphasize the fact that while consistent interest has been
paid to the industrial use of chitosan, minor attention has been devoted to spread the …

The exploration and development of natural biopolymer-based hydrogels can be traced
back to the 18th century. The rising interest in these hydrogels is largely due to their soaring …

Hydrogels are high-water content materials prepared from cross-linked polymers that are
able to provide sustained, local delivery of a variety of therapeutic agents. Use of the natural …

The molecular chemical structure has a decisive influence on physicochemical properties of
polymer materials, which becomes more complex for hydrogels with dense associative …

Breaking the limitation of traditional acid dissolving methods for chitosan by creating an
alkali/urea hydrogen-bonded chitosan complex, a new solvent (4.5 wt% LiOH/7 wt% KOH/8 …

Thermosensitive polymer hydrogels that undergo a sol-to-gel transition in response to
temperature changes are of great interest in therapeutic delivery and tissue engineering as …