title: Chitin and chitosan based polyurethanes: A review of recent advances and prospective biomedical applications.
abstract: Chitin and chitosan are amino polysaccharides having massive structural propensities to produce bioactive materials with innovative properties, functions and diverse applications particularly in biomedical field. The specific physico-chemical, mechanical, biological and degradation properties offer efficient way to blend these biopolymers with synthetic ones. Polyurethane (PU) gained substantial attention owing to its structure-properties relationship. The immense activities of chitin/chitosan are successfully utilized to enhance the bioactive properties of polyurethanes. This review shed a light on chitin and chitosan based PU materials with their potential applications especially focusing the bio-medical field. All the technical scientific issues have been addressed highlighting the recent advancement in the biomedical field.
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Usman
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors: Khalid Mahmood
authors: KM
authors: Zia
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: mohammadzuber@gmail.com.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Zuber
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors: Shazia
authors: S
authors: Tabasum
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors: Saima
authors: S
authors: Rehman
authors: Institute of Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
authors: Fatima
authors: F
authors: Zia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002686:Chitin / Q000737:chemistry*; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011140:Polyurethanes; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan
keywords: Biomedical; Chitin; Chitosan; Polyurethane; Recent advances