Structure and interactions in chitosan hydrogels formed by complexation or aggregation for biomedical applications.
Structure and interactions in chitosan hydrogels formed by complexation or aggregation for biomedical applications.
J. Berger,M. Reist,2 Authors,R. Gurny
2004 · DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(03)00160-7
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics · 910 Citations
TLDR
The aim of this review was to provide a detailed overview of physical chitosan hydrogels and related networks formed by aggregation or complexation, which are intended for biomedical applications, with particular emphasis on the network-forming interactions, the principles governing their formation and their physicochemical properties.