Handbook of chitin and chitosan. Chitin and chitosan based polymer materials for various applications / Volume 3, (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Chitin and chitosan based polymer materials for various applications
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sabu Thomas, Anitha Pius, Sreerag Gopi.
• Editors: Thomas, Sabu; Pius, Anitha; Gopi, Sreerag
• Contents: 1. Polymer blends, IPN’s, gels, composites and nanocomposite from chitin and chitosan; manufacturing, and applications 2. Chemically modified chitin and chitosan as biomaterials 3. Chitin and chitosan-based hybrid nanocomposites for supercapacitors 4. Investigation into the functional properties of cotton, wool and denim textile materials finished with chitosan and the use of chitosan in textile-reinforced composites and medical textiles 5. Chitin blends, IPN’s, gels, composites and nanocomposites for adsorption systems: environmental remediation and protein purification 6. Chitin and chitosan based blends, composites and nanocomposite for packaging applications 7. Fundamentals of chitosan for biomedical applications 8. Electrospun chitosan materials and their potential use as scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering 9. Injectable polymeric gels based on chitosan and chitin for biomedical applications 10. Preparation and application of Biomimetic and bioinspired membranes based on chitosan 11. Chitin, chitosan microgels and nanogels for drug delivery applications 12. Chitin- and chitosan-based Oleogels: Rheological and thermal behavior modifications. 13. Chitosan as biomaterial in drug delivery and tissue engineering 14. Biomedical applications of carboxymethyl chitosan 15. Biomedical exploitation of chitin and chitosan-based matrices via ionic liquid processing 16. Chitin and Chitosan Composites for Bone Tissue Regeneration 17. Drug delivery and tissue engineering applications of chitosan based biomaterial systems 18. Future aspects of biomedical applications of chitin and chitosan in diseases associated with oxidative stress 19. Immunomodulatory activities of chitin and chitosan microparticles 20. Chitosan and chitin-based composites for food packaging applications 21. Modified release properties of gluthathione-based chitosan films: physical and functional characterization 22. Chitosan materials as templates for essential oils 23. Chitosan: A potential biopolymer for wound management 24. Chitin and Chitosan as Promising Immunostimulant for Aquaculture 25. Chitosan based materials for wastewater treatment
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 573.774; Chitin; Polymers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128179673
• Related ISBNs: 9780128179666
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