
Handbook of Chitin and Chitosan
Volume 3: Chitin- and Chitosan-based Polymer Materials for Various Applications
Description
Key Features
- Provides a comprehensive overview of Chitin and Chitosan materials, from their synthesis and nanomaterials, to their manufacture and applications
- Volume Three focuses on the applications of Chitin and Chitosan
- Includes contributions from leading researchers across the globe and from industry, academia, government and private research institutions
- Highlights current status and future opportunities
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Table of 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
Product details
- No. of pages: 858
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2020
- Published: July 20, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128179673
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128179666
About the Editors
Sabu Thomas
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Anitha Pius
Affiliations and Expertise
Sreerag Gopi
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