A review on the synthesis of graft copolymers of chitosan and their potential applications

D Kumar, S Gihar, MK Shrivash, P Kumar… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan is an antimicrobial, biodegradable and biocompatible natural polymer,
commercially derived from the partial deacetylation of chitin. Currently modified chitosan has …

Advances in organ-on-a-chip materials and devices

BK Nahak, A Mishra, S Preetam… - ACS applied bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The organ-on-a-chip (OoC) paves a way for biomedical applications ranging from preclinical
to clinical translational precision. The current trends in the in vitro modeling is to reduce the …

Trends in sustainable chitosan-based hydrogel technology for circular biomedical engineering: a review

A Mishra, T Omoyeni, PK Singh, S Anandakumar… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Eco-friendly materials have emerged in biomedical engineering, driving major advances in
chitosan-based hydrogels. These hydrogels offer a promising green alternative to …

Chitosan derivatives obtained by chemical modifications for biomedical and environmental applications

NM Alves, JF Mano - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2008 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural based polymer, obtained by alkaline deacetylation of chitin, which
presents excellent biological properties such as biodegradability and immunological …

Graft copolymerized chitosan—present status and applications

R Jayakumar, M Prabaharan, RL Reis, JF Mano - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2005 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural based polymer obtained by alkaline deacetylation of chitin, exhibiting
excellent biological properties such as biodegradation in the human body, and …

Microwave‐assisted polymer synthesis: recent developments in a rapidly expanding field of research

R Hoogenboom, US Schubert - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The use of microwave irradiation has become a common heat source in organic chemistry.
Inspired by this enormous success, the use of microwave irradiation is also increasingly …

Use of microwave irradiation in the grafting modification of the polysaccharides–A review

V Singh, P Kumar, R Sanghi - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a natural and renewable feed stock for synthesizing high performance
macromolecular materials. A popular, versatile and convenient route to develop …

Synthesis and characterization of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/chitosan-graft poly (acrylic acid) conjugate hyaluronate for targeted delivery of methotrexate drug to colon …

DH Hanna, AA Hamed, GR Saad - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anti-cancer medications that are delivered specifically to the tumor site possess greater
efficacy with less negative effects on the body. So, the current research relies on a novel …

Advances in chitosan-based superabsorbent hydrogels

B Cheng, B Pei, Z Wang, Q Hu - Rsc Advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Superabsorbent hydrogels (SHs) have been used in many fields in recent years. Also
chitosan-based superabsorbent hydrogels have attracted great attention because of the …

Hydrogel preparation technologies: relevance kinetics, thermodynamics and scaling up aspects

MM Elsayed - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2019 - Springer
Hydrogels are three-dimensional structure composed of organic resources with lightly cross-
linked having high to very high swelling ability in aqueous solutions. Due to the special …