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Handbook of Chitin and Chitosan
Volume 3: Chitin- and Chitosan-based Polymer Materials for Various Applications

Comprehensive overview of chitin and chitosan for polymer chemists, physicists and engineers interested in eco-friendly micro and nanostructured functional materials

Sabu Thomas (Edited by), Anitha Pius (Edited by), Sreerag Gopi (Edited by)

9780128179666, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 20 July 2020

858 pages, Approx. 250 illustrations
22.9 x 15.1 x 5.2 cm, 1.36 kg

The Handbook of Chitin and Chitosan: Chitin and Chitosan Based Polymer Materials for Various Applications, Volume Three, is a must-read for polymer chemists, physicists and engineers interested in the development of ecofriendly micro and nanostructured functional materials based on chitin and their various applications. The book addresses their isolation, preparation and properties and their composites, nanomaterials, manufacturing and characterizations. This is the third of three volumes in a series that contains the latest on the major applications of chitin and chitosan based IPN’s, blends, gels, composites and nanocomposites, including environmental remediation, biomedical applications and smart material applications.

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

Subject Areas: Organic chemistry [PNN]

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