Biopolymers for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications: Recent Advances and Overview of Alginate Electrospinning
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Synthetic Polymers
1.2. Biopolymers: Structure of Alginate
2. Electrospun Antioxidant/Antibacterial Materials for Medical Packaging
3. Biopolymers for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Packaging
Smart Biopolymers
4. Summary and Future Prospective
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Wróblewska-Krepsztul, J.; Rydzkowski, T.; Michalska-Pożoga, I.; Thakur, V.K. Biopolymers for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications: Recent Advances and Overview of Alginate Electrospinning. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030404
Wróblewska-Krepsztul J, Rydzkowski T, Michalska-Pożoga I, Thakur VK. Biopolymers for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications: Recent Advances and Overview of Alginate Electrospinning. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(3):404. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030404
Chicago/Turabian StyleWróblewska-Krepsztul, Jolanta, Tomasz Rydzkowski, Iwona Michalska-Pożoga, and Vijay Kumar Thakur. 2019. "Biopolymers for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications: Recent Advances and Overview of Alginate Electrospinning" Nanomaterials 9, no. 3: 404. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030404