Chitosan-based hydrogels: recent design concepts to tailor properties and functions
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| Authors | Racine L., Texier I., Auzély-Velty R. |
| Year | 2017-0328 |
| Source-Title | Polymer International |
| Affiliations | Grenoble Alpes University and CEA LETI MlNATEC Campus, France, Grenoble Alpes University, CERMAV-CNRS, France |
| Abstract | Chitosan (CS) has received much attention as a functional biopolymer for designing various hydrogels for biomedical applications. This review provides an overview of the different types of CS-based hydrogels, the approaches that can be used to fabricate hydrogel matrices with specific features and their applications in controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering. Emphasis is laid on the recent design concepts of hybrid hydrogels based on mixtures of CS and natural or synthetic polymers, interpenetrating polymer networks as well as composite hydrogels prepared by embedding nanoparticles into CS matrices. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry |
| Author-Keywords | chitosan, click reactions, composite hydrogels, crosslinking, drug delivery, hydrogels, interpenetrating network, tissue engineering |
| Index-Keywords | Chitin, Chitosan, Controlled drug delivery, Crosslinking, Drug delivery, Interpenetrating polymer networks, Medical applications, Natural polymers, Polymers, Tissue, Tissue engineering, Biomedical applications, Click reaction, Composite hydrogels, Design concept, Hybrid hydrogels, Synthetic polymers, Hydrogels |
| ISSN | 9598103 |
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