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Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering Volume 53, 2014 - Issue 14
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Chemical Modifications of Chitosan and Its Applications

Jing Ji State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Li Wang State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected];
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Haojie Yu State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yongsheng Chen State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Yulai Zhao State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Hongtao Zhang China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. Ltd, Zhengzhou, China
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Wael A. Amer Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Yubiao Sun State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Liang Huang State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Muhammad Saleem State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Pages 1494-1505 | Published online: 04 Sep 2014
 
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Abstract

Chitosan is considered as a promising material in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields based on its unique biological properties. This review presents chemical modifications of chitosan via using photosensitizers, dendrimers, sugars, cyclodextrins and crown ethers as modifiers and places an emphasis on the applications of chitosan derivatives as carriers in drug delivery systems, as supporting materials for tissue engineering, as dye removing agents and as metal ion adsorbents. Recently, the progress on chemical modifications of chitosan is quite rapid and we are confident that a more extensive range of applications of chitosan derivatives could be expected in the near future.

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