Chitosan nanofibrous materials for chemical and biological protection

Emerging chitin and chitosan nanofibrous materials for biomedical applications.

Over the past several decades, we have witnessed significant progress in chitosan and chitin based nanostructured materials. The nanofibers from chitin and chitosan with appealing physical and biological features have attracted intense attention due to their excellent biological properties related to biodegradability, biocompatibility, antibacterial activity, low immunogenicity and wound healin...

Biological Properties of Blend Nanofibrous Scaffolds from Poly(caprolactone)-Chitosan-Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials for Neural Tissue Engineering

The use of biomaterials processed by the electrospinning technique has gained considerable interest for neural tissue engineering applications. The tissue engineering strategy is to facilitate the regrowth of nerves by combining an appropriate cell type with the electrospun scaffold. Electrospinning can generate fibrous meshes having fiber diameter dimensions at the nanoscale and these fibers c...

Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials and Their Hydrogen Storage

Electrospun nanofibrous materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery.

The electrospinning technique, which was invented about 100 years ago, has attracted more attention in recent years due to its possible biomedical applications. Electrospun fibers with high surface area to volume ratio and structures mimicking extracellular matrix (ECM) have shown great potential in tissue engineering and drug delivery. In order to develop electrospun fibers for these applicati...