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Physicochemical Properties of Chitosan-Based Materials in Multiple Phases

From Fundamentals to Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Applications

  • 1st Edition - September 25, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Emilia Szymańska, Giuseppe Cavallaro
  • Language: English

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Description

Physicochemical Properties of Chitosan-Based Materials in Multiple Phases: From Fundamentals to Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Applications provides a comprehensive overview of structure diversity and versatile properties of chitosan while also summarizing the latest advancements and current applications of chitosan-based materials that are suitable for various purposes within pharmaceutics, biomedicine, chemical engineering, and environmental sciences. The book explores the complex nature between chitosan structure and its biological activity and describes strategies of polymer modification in order to tailor its physicochemical and mechanical properties.

The utilization potential of chitosan for the fabrication of functional biomaterials in either liquid, semi-solid, or solid-state different phases (aqueous mixtures, hydrogels, solid films) is also covered. Finally, the key factors important to obtain chitosan materials suitable for biomedical applications and the characteristics of hybrid materials formed by chitosan and other components, including surfactants, polyelectrolytes, inorganic nanoparticles, are discussed.

Key features

  • Explores innovative strategies for the fabrication of biomaterials based on chitosan
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of recent chitosan materials, from their manufacturing stages and characteristics to their applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields
  • Outlines the major opportunities and challenges of chitosan hybrid materials required for pharmaceutical, biomedical, and environmental applications

Readership

Researchers and graduate students in the field of polymers science, polymers chemistry and materials science, R&D professionals working on chitosan-based materials, Researchers from various fields who want to specialize in chitosan technology

Table of contents

Section 1. Introduction to chitosan

1. Fundamentals of chitosan

Section 2: Biomaterials based on chitosan in different phases (aqueous medium, gels, and solid films)
Chitosan based complexes in aqueous medium

2. Chitosan/surfactant systems

3. Chitosan/polyelectrolytes complexes
Semi-solid structures with chitosan

4. Chitosan hydrogels (physically and chemically crosslinked) / Physically crosslinked gels with chitosan

5. Chemically crosslinked gels with chitosan
Chitosan based materials in solid state

6. Self-assembly of chitosan-based thin films

7. Nanocomposite films.

8. Chitosan micro- and nano-size materials/structures

Section 3. Biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of chitosan based materials

9. Mucoadhesive chitosan-based drug carriers for local application

10. Chitosan as antiviral agent and vaccine adjuvant

11. Controlled-release and targeted delivery systems based on chitosan

12. Chitosan-based materials for wound healing and regeneration

13. Chitosan in tissue engineering

Section 4. Environmental application of chitosan-based materials14. Chitosan for sustainable packaging

15. Chitosan for remediation purposes

16. Chitosan as biomaterial for conservation of Cultural Heritages

17. Chitosan in agricultural field

Section 5. Conclusions.

18. From the lab to the market: Current use, perspectives and challenges of chitosan-based materials

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 29, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Emilia Szymańska

Dr. Emilia Szymańska is a postdoctoral researcher and a member of research group in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology at Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. She received her doctorate in pharmaceutical science in the research area of chitosan carriers as smart platforms for local delivery of antimicrobial agents. Her main research interests address process optimization and characterization of biopolymer-based delivery systems for microbicide agents and application of nanotechnology in the pharmaceutical field. At present, she leads research projects related to investigation the permeability profile of water-soluble and poorly water-soluble active agents across human and animal mucosal epithelium
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral researcher, Medical University of Bialystok, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Białystok, Poland

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Giuseppe Cavallaro

Dr. Giuseppe Cavallaro is an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics and Chemistry “E. Segrè” of University of Palermo, Italy. He was a Research Associate at the Institute of Micromanifacturing, Louisiana Tech University, USA, and Institut fur Chemie, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany. He is the author of more than 120 publications in peer reviewed international journals. He is Editor of the book “Clay Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications – 1st Edition” by Giuseppe Cavallaro, Rawil Fakhrullin, Pooria Pasbakhsh (Publisher: Elsevier). His research activity is mainly focused on the physico-chemical characterization of nano-organized systems based on nanoclays and organic macromolecules, such as biopolymers and surfactants.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of Palermo, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Italy

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