Chitosan: a potential biopolymer in drug delivery and biomedical applications

N Desai, D Rana, S Salave, R Gupta, P Patel… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan, a biocompatible and biodegradable polysaccharide derived from chitin, has
surfaced as a material of promise for drug delivery and biomedical applications. Different …

Magneto‐/electro‐responsive polymers toward manufacturing, characterization, and biomedical/soft robotic applications

E Yarali, M Baniasadi, A Zolfagharian, M Chavoshi… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Magneto-/electro-responsive polymers (MERPs) are a class of stimuli-responsive
materials that are actuated when triggered by external magnetic/electric fields. MERPs …

Antibacterial and antiviral functional materials: chemistry and biological activity toward tackling COVID-19-like pandemics

B Balasubramaniam, Prateek, S Ranjan… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue regeneration

Y Kim, Z Zharkinbekov, K Raziyeva, L Tabyldiyeva… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a chitin-derived biopolymer that has shown great potential for tissue
regeneration and controlled drug delivery. It has numerous qualities that make it attractive …

Electrospun nanofibers of natural and synthetic polymers as artificial extracellular matrix for tissue engineering

M Keshvardoostchokami, SS Majidi, P Huo… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many types of polymer nanofibers have been introduced as artificial extracellular matrices.
Their controllable properties, such as wettability, surface charge, transparency, elasticity …

Human and environmental safety of carbon nanotubes across their life cycle

M Kim, D Goerzen, PV Jena, E Zeng… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Carbon nanotubes are a large family of carbon-based hollow cylindrical structures with
unique physicochemical properties that have motivated research for diverse applications; …

Fabrication and characterization of conductive polypyrrole/chitosan/collagen electrospun nanofiber scaffold for tissue engineering application

M Zarei, A Samimi, M Khorram, MM Abdi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conductive electrospun nanofiber scaffold containing conductive polypyrrole (PPy) polymer
was fabricated to accelerate healing of damaged tissues. In order to prepare these scaffolds …

An overview on nanoparticles used in biomedicine and their cytotoxicity

M Nikzamir, A Akbarzadeh, Y Panahi - Journal of Drug Delivery Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is the development of engineered nanoparticles to use in biomedical
applications. Nanoparticles have unique physicochemical properties for use in biomedicine …

Chitosan-based nanodelivery systems for cancer therapy: Recent advances

A Narmani, SM Jafari - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, cancer is one of the most prominent issues related to human health since it
causes more than one-tenth of death cases throughout the world. On the other hand, routine …

A review of carbon nanomaterials/bacterial cellulose composites for nanomedicine applications

Y Liu, H Liu, S Guo, Y Zhao, J Qi, R Zhang, J Ren… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) mainly include fullerene, carbon nanotubes, graphene,
carbon quantum dots, nanodiamonds, and their derivatives. As a new type of material in the …