<scp>Chitosan?based</scp> nanocomposites for medical applications

Chitosan as a biobased polymer is gaining increasing attention due to its extraordinary physico-chemical characteristics and properties. While primary use of chitosan has been in horticultural agricultural applications for plant defense increase crop yield, recent research reports display various new utilizations the field advanced biomedical devices, targeted drug delivery, bioimaging sensors. possesses multiple such antimicrobial properties, stimuli-responsiveness, tunable mechanical strength, biocompatibility, biodegradability, water-solubility. Further, can be processed into nanoparticles, nano-vehicles, nanocapsules, scaffolds, fiber meshes, 3D printed scaffolds variety applications. In times, nanoparticles incorporated matrices have identified show superior biological activity, cells tend proliferate/differentiate faster when they interact with nanocomposites rather than bulk or micron size substrates/scaffolds. The present article intents cover chitosan-based used regenerative medicine, wound dressings, biosensing