Chitin/chitosan and their derivatives have become of great interest as functional materials in
many fields within the papermaking industry. They have been employed in papermaking wet …

Renewable and bio-based materials have gained great interest on an industrial scale owing
to environmental issues. Paper industries also are constantly exploring bio-resources for …

Easy and rapid continuous large-scale industrial production of transparent visualized
cutaneous wound healing dressing from natural polymers is very worth studying in medical …

Carboxymethyl cellulose and alum were used in the modification of precipitated calcium
carbonate filler, and the use of modified fillers in papermaking was investigated. The alum …

Chitosan–guanidine complexes were prepared by reacting chitosan and
polyhexamethylene guanidine hydrochloride or crosslinked polyhexamethylene guanidine …

Environmentally friendly films exhibiting both antibacterial and antioxidative properties were
elaborated from chitosan and tetrahydrocurcuminoids (THCs). Two tetrahydrocurcuminoids …

Environmentally friendly and potentially bioactive food packaging based on chitosan-coated
papers were elaborated. The morphology and the microstructure of these new materials …

Biosorption is a cleaner technology for the treatment of heavy metal-containing wastewater.
In this study, a cleaner method was proposed for preparing a novel biosorbent, magnetic …

Modification of chitosan (CS) by means of blending with other polymers is a convenient
method to improve its physical properties for practical utilization. The similarity of cellulose …

Chitin—the second most abundant organic material on earth—is a polysaccharide that
combines with proteinaceous materials to form composites that provide the structural …