Recently, multifunctional drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been designed to provide a
comprehensive approach with multiple functionalities, including diagnostic imaging …

Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Since the third scientific and technological revolution, electronic information technology has
developed rapidly, and piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical energy into …

Crystallite size has an important effect on the chemical, physical and mechanical properties
of metallic, polymeric, and ceramic nanomaterial. Therefore, finding a reliable method to …

Chitosan based adsorbents have received a lot of attention for adsorption of dyes. Various
modifications of this polysaccharide have been investigated to improve the adsorption …

Chitosan and its derivatives have been widely used as the adsorbents for different types of
water pollutants. This review paper lists various physically and chemically modified chitosan …

This manuscript briefly reviews the extensive research as well as new developments on
chitosan based nanomaterials for various applications. Chitosan is a biocompatible and …

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 polymers, chitosan, a polysaccharide, and gelatin, a protein, are crosslinked in different
ratios without the aid of a crosslinking agent. Facile chemical reactions were followed to …

Metal cations can be adsorbed by chelation on amine groups of chitosan in near neutral
solutions. In the case of metal anions, the sorption proceeds by electrostatic attraction on …