Chitosan

Properties and Applications in Bioengineering
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-81987-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 59 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 146 g

Reihe: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology

presents a review of chitosan, including information regarding its structure, main properties, available sources, extraction, and processing techniques. It presents the different applications of chitosan as a biomaterial in fields such as medicine and the agricultural, cosmetology, pharmaceutical, and food industries to have readers obtain a more technical vision of the current use of this biopolymer. The book has been researched and written based on the data collected through several years of work in the Biomaterials Research Group, part of the University of Antioquia Bioengineering Program. This concise guide will be valuable for researchers and students in biomaterials, bioengineering, the basic sciences, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Escobar Sierra, Diana Marcela

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Structure.- Available Sources.- Properties.- Processing.- Characterization.- Applications of Chitosan.

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Marcela Escobar Sierra, Ph.D., is a metallurgical engineer and member of the engineering faculty at Universidad de Antioquia, where she is a professor bioengineering program. She graduated from Universidad de Antioquia with a doctorate in chemical sciences. Dr. Escobar Sierra has 30 years of experience in the field of materials and 25 in the field of biomaterials. She is an expert in extracting biopolymers from natural sources and ceramics for medical applications. She created the Biomaterials Research Group in 2003, which has been recognized by the Columbian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MinCiencias), and she is currently its leader. She is the author of the book (Editorial Académica Española, 2014).