Biomaterials are being extensively used in regenerative medicine including tissue
engineering applications, as these enhance tissue development, repair, and help in the …

Chitin is the most abundant natural amino polysaccharide, showing various practical
applications owing to its functional properties. However, there are barriers in the …

Chitin was first discovered by its name from the Greek word “chiton”, which means “mail
coat”. It is indeed a polysaccharide made up of naturally occurring acetyl-D-glucosamine …

Chitin is the second most abundant biopolymer and functions as the main structural
component in a variety of living organisms. In nature, chitin rarely occurs in a pure form, but …

Marine resources have tremendous potential for develo** high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

The growing demand for new, sophisticated, multifunctional materials has brought natural
structural composites into focus, since they underwent a substantial optimization during long …

Chitin is a long-chain polymer of N-acetyl-glucosamine, which is regularly found in the
exoskeleton of arthropods including insects, shellfish and the cell wall of fungi. It has been …

Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that
can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling …

The need for develo** renewable materials to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels as a
feedstock for a wide variety of uses is becoming increasingly widely acknowledged in …

Chitin, as one of the most abundant biopolymers in the world, has promising applications in
various fields. However, critical challenges still remain in the extraction and value-added …