Overview
- Highlights the state-of-the-art research and discovery in the use of Chitosan-based Nanocomposites and its applications
- Provides an exceptional insight into the strategies for the synthesis and chemical modifications of chitosan
- Presents up-to-date information on the economics, toxicity, and regulations related to these novel materials
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This book highlights the state-of-the-art research and discovery in the use of chitosan-based nanocomposites in biomedical applications, including the scope to which these novel materials have been incorporated by the community. It provides an exceptional insight into the strategies for the synthesis and chemical modifications of chitosan, characterization techniques, their use as anticancer agents, antimicrobial, antiviral, and antifungal agents, their role in the biomedical field, and applications in drug delivery, gene therapy, dentistry, orthopedics, etc. This book will also emphasize the challenges with previous signs of progress and way for further research, details relating to the current pioneering technology, and future perspectives with a multidisciplinary approach. Furthermore, it presents up-to-date information on the economics, toxicity, and regulations related to these novel materials.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Shikha Gulati is working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi. Her research interests are in the area of Inorganic Chemistry, Nano-materials, Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, Organometallics, Bio-inorganic Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chitosan-Based Nanocomposite Materials
Book Subtitle: Fabrication, Characterization and Biomedical Applications
Editors: Shikha Gulati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5338-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5337-8Published: 02 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5340-8Published: 03 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-5338-5Published: 01 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 341
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Biomaterials, Structural Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Biological Techniques