Publication: Properties and types of chitosan-based nanomaterials
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Date
2022
Journal Title
Role of Chitosan and Chitosan-Based Nanomaterials in Plant Sciences
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
This chapter briefly discusses immense research on chitosan-based nanomaterials as well as also highlights the current developments and their utility in different applications majorly focusing on the biomedical field. Chitosan is a well-known nontoxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer possessing enormous possibilities for structural modification either by chemical or mechanical pathways, thereby generating novel polymeric designs with enhanced properties and functions, particularly in biology. Chitosan has been used as a fascinating biomaterial in developing different types of drug delivery techniques, as regenerative medicine in the area of health science or pharmacy. Tremendous use of agrochemicals for increasing crop production and their protection causes significant health and environmental concerns; therefore, chitosan-based nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, hydrogels, and nanocomposites have been applied in agriculture due to their unique antimicrobial and plant growth-promoting properties. These special properties endorse chitosan with promising potentialities for development in biomedicine fields like drug delivery, gene delivery, cell and molecular imaging, development of different sensors, and the treatment and diagnosis of some diseases like cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, etc. In contrast to the native chitosan, the chitosan-based nanomaterials are known to exhibit improved chemical, mechanical, and physical properties like higher surface area, tensile strength, porosity, conductivity, photo-luminescence, etc. This chapter focuses on the current research aspects of chitosan-based nanomaterials by highlighting their properties and potentialities in different domains. � 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Biological and physiochemical properties, Chitosan, Chitosan-based nanomaterials