Chitosan-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: Derivatives and Composites

Dear Colleagues,

Chitosan is one of the most studied semisynthetic polymers thanks to its peculiar cationic nature and its potential uses in the field of biomedicine. After a few decades of studies, the interest in this material is still very high and even increasing in the scientific community due to the continuous development of new derivatives. Moreover, it also still draws plenty of attention due to the ability of chitosan to be easily associated with other polymers, for example, involving polyelectrolyte interaction, and with inorganic materials such as clays. The many applications proposed in the biomedical field rely on chitosan properties such as wound-healing behaviour, haemostatic activity, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. Therefore, reports on its use in scaffolds and systems for tissue repair and regeneration, nanofibers, hydrogels and nanoparticles with a variety of therapeutic applications, among which are antibacterial and antifungal, but also anticancer ones, are found in the literature.

The present Special Issue invites articles and reviews about chitosan innovative derivatives and composites, highlighting their characteristics involved in biological activity, and contributing to increasing the understanding of the biological behaviour of this versatile material and of its potential for expanded biomedical applications. 

Prof. Dr. Maria Bonferoni
Dr. Sara Perteghella
Guest Editors

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