Recent advances in chitin based materials constructed via physical methods

B Duan, Y Huang, A Lu, L Zhang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Chitin derived from the seafood wastes such as waste crab, shrimp and lobster shells is
abundant and renewable, and will become one of the most important chemical raw …

Chitin and chitosan in selected biomedical applications

A Anitha, S Sowmya, PTS Kumar, S Deepthi… - Progress in polymer …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Chitin (CT), the well-known natural biopolymer and chitosan (CS)(bio-based or
“artificial polymer”) are non-toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible in nature. The …

On chemistry of γ-chitin

M Kaya, M Mujtaba, H Ehrlich, AM Salaberria… - Carbohydrate …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The biological material, chitin, is present in nature in three allomorphic forms: α, β and γ.
Whereas most studies have dealt with α-and β-chitin, only few investigations have focused …

An overview of chitin or chitosan/nano ceramic composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

S Deepthi, J Venkatesan, SK Kim… - International journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan based nanocomposite scaffolds have been widely used for bone tissue
engineering. These chitin and chitosan based scaffolds were reinforced with …

[HTML][HTML] Advancement of chitin and chitosan as promising biomaterials

MM Al-Rooqi, MM Hassan, Z Moussa, RJ Obaid… - Journal of Saudi …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Biopolymers like cellulose, polysaccharides, chitosan, starch, chitin, and alginates have
sparked an increasing curiosity in creating natural replacements for synthetic polymers …

Nanostructured scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

X Li, L Wang, Y Fan, Q Feng, FZ Cui… - Journal of biomedical …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
It has been demonstrated that nanostructured materials, compared with conventional
materials, may promote greater amounts of specific protein interactions, thereby more …

Progress in modern marine biomaterials research

Y Khrunyk, S Lach, I Petrenko, H Ehrlich - Marine Drugs, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

Poriferan chitin as a versatile template for extreme biomimetics

M Wysokowski, I Petrenko, AL Stelling, D Stawski… - Polymers, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
In this mini-review, we shall first cover a short history of the discovery of chitin isolated from
sponges; as well as its evolutionarily ancient roots. Next, we will delve into the unique …

A review on biological and biomimetic materials and their applications

N Suresh Kumar, R Padma Suvarna… - Applied Physics A, 2020‏ - Springer
In the development of technology, a source of inspiration for mankind is the nature.
Naturally, many biological surfaces having unique micro–nanostructures, such as lotus …

Biopolymer@ metal-organic framework hybrid materials: a critical survey

S El Hankari, M Bousmina, A El Kadib - Progress in Materials Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of pervasive nanostructured materials that
generate annually an incredible amount of work in different fields, spanning from separation …