Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Fighting bacterial resistance is one of the concerns in modern days, as antibiotics remain the
main resource of bacterial control. Data shows that for every antibiotic developed, there is a …

Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

The electrospinning technique provides non-wovens to the order of few nanometers with
large surface areas, ease of functionalisation for various purposes and superior mechanical …

Chitin and its deacetylated derivative, chitosan, are non-toxic, antibacterial, biodegradable
and biocompatible biopolymers. Due to these properties, they are widely used for …

Extracellular matrix fibers (ECM) such as collagen, elastin, and keratin provide biological
and physical support for cell attachment, proliferation, migration, differentiation and …

Electrospinning techniques enable the production of continuous fibers with dimensions on
the scale of nanometers from a wide range of natural and synthetic polymers. The number of …

Electrospinning is an extremely promising method for the preparation of tissue engineering
(TE) scaffolds. This technique provides nonwovens resembling in their fibrillar structures …

Chitosan is soluble in most acids. The protonation of the amino groups on the chitosan
backbone inhibits the electrospinnability of pure chitosan. Recently, electrospinning of …

Advances in disease treatment and tissue regeneration are buoyed by new, multifaceted
materials that emulate and coercively interact with the local microenvironment. Polyblend …