Chitosan Nanocrystals Synthesis via Aging and Application Towards Alginate Hydrogels for Sustainable Drug Release

07 May 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate a new and clean method for the fabrication of chitosan nanocrystals relying on aging. We provide metrics to showcase the greeness of this method. We are then using these materials as building block to fabricate alginate hydrogels, and demonstrated that they have superior properties for gelation and drug release.

Keywords

Chitin
chitosan
Nanocrystals
Biomass
Alginate
Nanocrystal
Mechanochemistry
Aging
nanomaterial applications
hydrogels
alginate

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210426 Supp Info TJ
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210505 Aging Draft TJ
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