Chitosan, a naturally abundant cationic polymer, is chemically composed of cellulose-based
biopolymers derived by deacetylating chitin. It offers several attractive characteristics such …

In recent years, there have been increasingly rapid advances of using bioactive materials in
tissue engineering applications. Bioactive materials constitute many different structures …

Medical applications and biotechnological advances, including magnetic resonance
imaging, cell separation and detection, tissue repair, magnetic hyperthermia and drug …

Chitosan is the most abundant natural biopolymer, after cellulose. It is mainly derived from
the fungi, shrimp's shells, and exoskeleton of crustaceans, through the deacetylation of …

Increasing demand of energy with an exponential depletion of fossil fuel has persuaded the
scientific community to search for renewable and sustainable sources of energy. Lack of …

Background For decades, the use of nonrenewable plastic food packaging has posed a
serious risk to the environment and its ecosystem. To address the issue, research has …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in develo** green biocomposite for
industrial wastewater treatment. In this study, prawn-shell-derived chitosan (CHT) and …

In recent decades, increased domestic and industrial activities have led to the release of
various pollutants into the aquatic environment. A robust and eco-friendly technique for …

In the current study, the surface of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPION) was coated with
dextran (DEX), and conjugated with folic acid (FA), to enhance the targeted delivery and …

The antibiotic gentamicin was loaded into a novel bionanocomposite of chitosan-zinc oxide
(ZnO) nanoparticles, poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) cross-linked with sodium tri polyphosphate …