Polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) nanoparticles for delivering model protein drug ovalbumin were prepared from two polysaccharide polymers, alginate and chitosan. The parameters influencing the complex formation were characterised using colloid titration in combination with dynamic light scattering. The polyelectrolyte interactions and morphology of the formed complexes were verified by differentia...

Alginate is a naturally occurring polysaccharide commonly derived from brown algae cell walls which possesses unique features that make it extremely promising for several biomedical and pharmaceutical purposes. biomaterials are indeed nowadays gaining increasing interest in drug delivery tissue engineering applications owing to their intrinsic biocompatibility, non-toxicity, versatility, low co...

Background: Textile industry has been condemned as one of the world’s worst offenders in terms of pollution because 10-15% of all the dyes used in the industry are lost within wastewater during processing. The presence of even very low concentrations of dyes in effluent is highly visible and degradation products of these textile dyes are often carcinogenic. Owing to the complex nature of synthe...