1st Edition

Chitosan-Based Hydrogels Functions and Applications

Edited By Kangde Yao, Junjie Li, Fanglian Yao, Yuji Yin Copyright 2012
521 Pages 241 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

522 Pages 241 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

521 Pages
by CRC Press

Due to their unique properties, chitosan-based materials have emerged as useful resources in a variety of medicines, drug controlled-release carriers, tissue engineering scaffolds, and immobilized enzymes. But many of these materials have yet to reach the commercial market. Therefore, more work must be completed to fill the gap between research and production. Exploring the state of the... Read more

From Chitin to Chitosan, Dayong Teng

Chitosan Derivatives, Junjie Li, Liandong Deng, and Fanglian Yao

Bioactivities of Chitosan and Its Derivatives, Aiping Zhu and Jian Shen

Formation of Chitosan-Based Hydrogels Network, Yuji Yin and Junjie Li

Environment–Stimuli Response of Chitosan-Based Hydrogels, Junjie Li and Fanglian Yao

Chitosan-Based Gels for the Drug Delivery System, Jin Zhao

Application of Chitosan-Based Gels in Pharmaceuticals, Yuliang Xiao, Jiangfeng Zhu, and Lianyin Zheng

Enzyme Immobilization on Chitosan-Based Supports, Kang Wang

Application of Chitosan-Based Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering, Changyong Wang, Junjie Li, and Fanglian Yao

Future, Dunwan Zhu, Xigang Leng, and Kangde Yao

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Biography

Kangde Yao is the research director of the Research Institute of Polymeric Materials at Tianjin University.

Junjie Li is an assistant professor in the Tissue Engineering Research Center at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, and in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Tianjin University.

Fanglian Yao is a professor of polymer science and engineering in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Tianjin University.

Yuji Yin is an associate professor of materials science in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University.