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A Chitosan Based, Laser Activated Thin Film Surgical Adhesive, 'SurgiLux': Preparation and Demonstration
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2012
The fabrication of a novel, flexible thin film surgical adhesive from FDA approved ingredients, chitosan and indocyanine green is described. Bonding of this adhesive to collagenous tissue through a simple activation process with a low-powered infra-red laser is demonstrated.
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Capillary Electrophoresis to Monitor Peptide Grafting onto Chitosan Films in Real Time
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2016
Free solution capillary electrophoresis is a fast, cheap and robust analytical method that enables the quantitative monitoring of chemical reactions in real time. Its utility for rapid, convenient and precise analysis is demonstrated here through analysis of covalent peptide grafting onto chitosan films for improved cell adhesion.
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Fabrication and Application of Rose Bengal-chitosan Films in Laser Tissue Repair
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2012
Sutures are usually needed to repair tissue during surgical procedures. However, their application can be problematic as they are invasive and may damage tissue. The fabrication and application methods of a novel tissue adhesive are here reported. This adhesive film is laser-activated and does not require the use of sutures.
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Preparation of Chitosan-based Injectable Hydrogels and Its Application in 3D Cell Culture
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2017
Here we describe a facile preparation of chitosan-based injectable hydrogels using dynamic imine chemistry. Methods to adjust the hydrogel’s mechanical strength and its application in 3D cell culture are presented.
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Electroplating of Thin Films
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2023
Source: Logan G. Kiefer, Andrew R. Falkowski, and Taylor D. Sparks, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Electroplating is a process that uses electric current to reduce dissolved metal cations so that they form a thin coating on an electrode. Other thin film deposition techniques include chemical vapor deposition (CVD), spin coating, dip coating, and sputter deposition among others. CVD uses a gas-phase precursor of the element to be...
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Dilute acid enables chitosan film formation by protonating the polymer’s amino groups. This chemical change increases chitosan’s solubility, allowing researchers to prepare a continuous solution before casting. Once dried, the resulting material retains the designed film structure. This mechanism matters because without sufficient solubilization, the starting material could not be processed into a cast film.
Changes in formulation conditions can alter chitosan film thickness, strength, flexibility, and permeability. These properties describe how the film handles physical demands and exchanges substances with its surroundings. In bioengineering, controlling this relationship helps match a material to a wound dressing, drug delivery matrix, tissue engineering scaffold, or biosensor interface.
After casting, drying converts the deposited chitosan solution into a functional film that can be handled as a material rather than as a liquid formulation. The cast surface provides the setting for film formation, while the final film state enables evaluation of thickness, strength, flexibility, and permeability.
A basic workflow begins by dissolving chitosan in a dilute acidic solution. The prepared solution is then cast onto a surface and dried to form the film. Researchers can use this sequence as a starting point for adjusting formulation conditions and examining how those adjustments affect material properties.
The essential inputs are chitosan, a dilute acidic solution, a surface for casting, and a way to dry the cast material. Together, these components support the sequence from solubilization to film formation. Their arrangement also gives researchers a practical framework for documenting preparation conditions and relating them to thickness, strength, flexibility, and permeability.
Researchers select these films when a project needs a tunable, biocompatible material matrix. Supported applications include wound dressings, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and biosensor interfaces. In each case, preparation-structure relationships are important because film properties such as strength, flexibility, thickness, and permeability can influence whether the material suits the intended biomedical device or interface.