Publications in April 2012
In April researchers and developer could be delighted by 147 publications about chitosan and chitosan derivatives. Again, most articles were published in China (40 articles), followed by India (13) and the US (11).
Publications in 2012
Find an overview of scientific publications dealing with chitin and chitosan in 2012.
The antimicrobial and skin regenerative effect of chitosan-based nanoparticles
The antimicrobial effect of chitosan is well known and has already been used in dentistry to prevent caries as well as in the food packaging industry as a preservative agent.
chitosan, nanoparticles, wound healing, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Publications in March 2012
Overall 131 articles about chitosan and chitosan derivatives were published in March 2012.
As in the previous month, China is the country with the most publications with overall 35 articles, followed by the USA (14 articles), India (9 articles) and Taiwan (8 articles).
Chitin - bio-raw material for NeuNAc production
In February 2012 the Technical University (TU) of Vienna filed a patent for a new production method of the popular pharmaceutical raw material N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuNAc). Molds were used as “chemical factories” and were combined with the biological raw material chitin to obtain the desired final product.
Publications February 2012
Overall 66 articles about chitosan and its derivatives were published in February 2012. With overall 15 articles, this month again China is the country with most publications.
Will intelligent implants through chitosan based proton transistor soon be possible?
So far, there has always been a language barrier between humans and machines. To send information and commands within the circuitry machines and gadgets use electrons. In contrast, living systems use protons and ions to send signals within their bodies or to activate actions such as muscle movement respectively.