Materiales avanzados
Materiales avanzados
Biomineralization Process Inspired In Situ Growth of Calcium Carbonate Nanocrystals in Chitosan Hydrogels
10/10/2024 -
Biological composites such as bone, nacre, and teeth show excellent mechanical efficiency because of the incorporation of biominerals into the organic matrix at the nanoscale, leading to hierarchical...
Synthesis and properties of biomass?based polymethacrylate comprising chitin?derived 2?acetamide?2?deoxyisosorbide as a repeat unit
24/09/2024 -
A polymethacrylate comprising chitin?derived 2?acetamide?2?deoxyisosorbide (ADI) as a repeat unit is developed as a new biobased high?performance polymer. The UV–visible spectrum of the polymer...
Biotechnological potential of yeast cell wall: An overview
27/06/2024 -
The yeast cell wall is a complex structure whose main function is to protect the cell from physical and chemical damage, providing it with rigidity. It is composed of a matrix of covalently linked...
Isocyanate?chitin modified microspheres for chiral drug separation in high performance liquid chromatography
16/04/2024 -
Preparation process diagram of MWCNTs/PANI@MWCNTs/PAN fiber.AbstractWearable smart sensors have broad prospects in medical health and physical exercise. In this study, the core–shell conductive...
Amelioration of Cancer Employing Chitosan, Its Derivatives, and Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles: Recent Updates
01/07/2023 -
The limitations associated with the conventional treatment of cancer have necessitated the design and development of novel drug delivery systems based mainly on nanotechnology. These novel drug...
Carrageenan/Chitin Nanowhiskers Cryogels for Vaginal Delivery of Metronidazole
18/05/2023 -
The development of polymeric carriers based on partially deacetylated chitin nanowhiskers (CNWs) and anionic sulfated polysaccharides is an attractive strategy for improved vaginal delivery with...
A Review of the Preparation, Characterization, and Applications of Chitosan Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine
07/04/2023 -
Chitosan is a fibrous compound derived from chitin, which is the second most abundant natural polysaccharide and is produced by crustaceans, including crabs, shrimps, and lobsters. Chitosan has all...
The Effect of Cyclosporin A on Aspergillus niger and the Possible Mechanisms Involved
28/01/2023 -
Aspergillus niger is one of the major pathogenic fungi causing postharvest grape decay. The development of antifungal agents is beneficial to reduce the loss of grapes during storage. The aim of this...
Recent Progress on Tailoring the Biomass-Derived Cellulose Hybrid Composite Photocatalysts
01/12/2022 -
Biomass-derived cellulose hybrid composite materials are promising for application in the field of photocatalysis due to their excellent properties. The excellent properties between biomass-derived...
Chitin, Chitosan, and Nanochitin: Extraction, Synthesis, and Applications
23/09/2022 -
Crustacean shells are a sustainable source of chitin. Extracting chitin from crustacean shells is ongoing research, much of which is devoted to devising a sustainable process that yields high-quality...
Tunable high-performance electromagnetic interference shielding of intrinsic N-doped chitin-based carbon aerogel
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Heteroatom doping of carbon aerogels is a promising strategy to dissipate electromagnetic waves (EMWs) and it is still a daunting challenge to establish the relationship between heteroatomic...
Exploring the Impact of Chitosan Composites as Artificial Organs
13/04/2022 -
Chitosan and its allies have in multiple ways expanded into the medical, food, chemical, and biological industries and is still expanding. With its humble beginnings from marine shell wastes, the...
Ultra-stretchable chitin-based branched elastomers with enhanced mechanical properties via RAFT polymerization
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In this work, a chitin-based macromolecular chain transfer agent (Chitin-CTA) was designed to graft polymers from chitin at the molecular level. Homogeneous reversible addition-fragmentation chain...
Contributions of Women in Recent Research on Biopolymer Science
30/03/2022 -
Nowadays, biopolymers are playing a fundamental role in our society because of the environmental issues and concerns associated with synthetic polymers. The aim of this Special Issue entitled...
Recent Advancements in Microbial Polysaccharides: Synthesis and Applications
26/11/2021 -
Polysaccharide materials are widely applied in different applications including food, food packaging, drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressing, wastewater treatment, and bioremediation...
Solid-State Synthesis of Water-Soluble Chitosan-g-Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Copolymers
07/03/2020 -
Graft copolymers of chitosan with cellulose ether have been obtained by the solid-state reactive mixing of chitin, sodium hydroxide and hydroxyethyl cellulose under shear deformation in a pilot...
New chitin derivatives and their Schottky diodes: Synthesis and characterization
19/05/2019 -
First, chitin was reacted with 4,5-dichlorophthalic acid and diphenic acid, and thus two new chitin derivatives (C45DA and CDA) were synthesized. Then, C45DA and CDA were...
