Preparations, properties and applications of chitosan based nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning
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Chitosan is soluble in most acids. The protonation of the amino groups on the chitosan backbone inhibits the electrospinnability of pure chitosan. Recently, electrospinning of nanofibers based on chitosan has been widely researched and numerous nanofibers containing chitosan have been prepared by decreasing the number of the free amino groups of chitosan as the nanofibiers have enormous possibilities for better utilization in various areas. This article reviews the prepa- rations and properties of the nanofibers which were electrospun from pure chitosan, blends of chitosan and synthetic poly- mers, blends of chitosan and protein, chitosan derivatives, as well as blends of chitosan and inorganic nanoparticles, respectively. The applications of the nanofibers containing chitosan such as enzyme immobilization, filtration, wound dressing, tissue engineering, drug delivery and catalysis are also summarized in detail.
Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics
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- Chitosan nanoparticles preparation and applications (2018, unknown): “Electrospinning of chitosan usually produces beads due to an inadequate stretch of filaments during the whipping of jet due to low charge density (Sun and Li 2011).”