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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Fungal mycelia grown into biodegradable scaffolds and infused with titania nanoparticles show enhanced ultraviolet shielding, thermal protection, and surface nonwettability. Properties were tuned by drying methods, revealing structure–function relationships.
Juwon S. Afolayan +2 more
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Nanostructured biocomposite films of high toughness based on native chitin nanofibers and chitosan
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2014 Chitosan is widely used in films for packaging applications. Chitosan reinforcement by stiff particles or fibers is usually obtained at the expense of lowered ductility and toughness.
Ngesa Ezekiel Mushi +3 more
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Characteristics of chitin extracted from black soldier fly in different life stages.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020 Chitin was collected and extracted along different lifecycle stages of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) (larvae, prepupae, pupae, flies, shedding & cocoons).
Lise Soetemans +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana +2 more
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Chitin, Chitosan, and Its Derivatives for Wound Healing: Old and New Materials
Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2015 Chitin (β-(1-4)-poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is widely distributed in nature and is the second most abundant polysaccharide after cellulose. It is often converted to its more deacetylated derivative, chitosan.
Kazuo Azuma +7 more
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 Chitin, being the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, has been gaining popularity since its initial discovery by Braconot in 1811. However, fundamental knowledge and literature on chitin and its derivatives from insects are difficult to ...
N. A. Zainol Abidin +4 more
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova +9 more
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Chitin Synthesis and Degradation in Crustaceans: A Genomic View and Application
Marine Drugs, 2021 Chitin is among the most important components of the crustacean cuticular exoskeleton and intestinal peritrophic matrix. With the progress of genomics and sequencing technology, a large number of gene sequences related to chitin metabolism have been ...
Xiaojun Zhang +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz +3 more
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Marine Drugs, 2021 β-Chitin produced by diatoms is expected to have significant economic and ecological value due to its structure, which consists of parallel chains of chitin, its properties and the high abundance of diatoms.
Haomiao Cheng +5 more
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