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Chitin Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Tissue Repair

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Marine-Derived Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications

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Chitin nanomaterials and nanocomposites are being used more frequently in tissue repair and skin rejuvenation. In fact, with the increase in age, the prevention of skin diseases became a necessity for our society together with an amelioration of the general body appearance. Thus, while medications have been revolutionized in their structure by the use of biodegradable and nature-oriented non-woven tissues, the use of natural polysaccharides polymers in cosmetics such as beauty masks are becoming increasingly manufactured and sold to the public. This chapter reports the biological properties and applications of biopolymers as well as discussing the physicochemical characteristics and the skin repairing activity of non-woven tissues based on the use of chitin nanofibrils obtained from biomass.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the EU for the economic support given by the projects n-Chitopack, grant no. 315233, Biomimetic, grant no. 282945 and PolyBioSkin grant no. 745839.

We thank also the Company MAVI Sud for the technical means and scientific ideas received to support this paper. Dr. Serena Danti is thanked for helpful discussion about biomedical applications of bionanocomposites.

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  1. Skin Pharmacology at Postgraduate School in Dermatology and Venereology, Campania University, “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

    Pierfrancesco Morganti

  2. China Medical University, Shenyang, China

    Pierfrancesco Morganti

  3. Nanoscience Centre MAVI, Aprilia, LT, Italy

    Pierfrancesco Morganti

  4. R&D, Nanoscience Centre MAVI, Aprilia, LT, Italy

    Gianluca Morganti

  5. Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Researcher of Inter University Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Maria Beatrice Coltelli

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Morganti, P., Morganti, G., Coltelli, M.B. (2019). Chitin Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Tissue Repair. In: Choi, A., Ben-Nissan, B. (eds) Marine-Derived Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8855-2_21

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