INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2026
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IF 8.7
Yi Li,Tian Tu,Shasha Zhou,Aixia Jiang,Jinglei Wu
Hydrogels with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial capacity have gained increasing attention in regenerative medicine. Dimethyl itaconate (DMI), a derivative of itaconic acid, exhibits powerful anti-inflammatory activity. Herein, we report a green synthesis of a chitosan-dimethyl itaconate (CS-DMI) conjugate through a nucleophilic substitution reaction, where primary amines of chitosan attack the ester carbonyl groups of DMI to form conjugation under mild alkaline conditions. The resulting conjugate was subsequently crosslinked with genipin into a hydrogel. Our findings indicate that this reaction fundamentally changed the nature of CS, converting it from acidic aqueous solution into a nearly neutral aqueous CS-DMI solution. It improved the efficiency of genipin crosslinking while maintaining the robust antibacterial activity of CS. The CS-DMI hydrogel showed sustained drug release of DMI and greater compression strength over the CS hydrogel. The CS-DMI conjugate showed good cytocompatibility, significantly promoted macrophage polarization toward an M2-like phenotype, reducing reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages. In a murine subcutaneous implantation model, the CS-DMI hydrogel significantly reduced immune cell infiltration, primarily by suppressing neutrophil recruitment and promoting a shift in macrophage polarization toward the pro-healing M2 phenotype. These findings confirm a viable strategy for developing multifunctional hydrogels that simultaneously address anti-inflammatory and antibacterial needs for modulating inflammation in regenerative medicine.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2026
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IF 5.4
Yang Yang,Sizhi Wu,Kailin Li,Xiao Wang,Haoling Huo,Peng Zhang,Qiwei Wang,Zhidan Lin,Lin Cao
Food spoilage, particularly in perishable meats, leads to significant economic loss and food safety concerns, while synthetic preservatives face increasing consumer scrutiny. To address the need for effective and biocompatible alternatives, this study developed a novel chlorogenic acid-grafted chitosan/acrylamide (CCAM) antibacterial hydrogel film. The film was synthesized through carbodiimide-mediated grafting followed by UV-initiated polymerization. Incorporation of chlorogenic acid produced a denser polymeric network in CCAM-1, lowering its equilibrium swelling ratio approximately 44% relative to CA‑free CCAM‑0 and elevating tensile strength to 411 kPa. The resulting CCAM‑1 exhibited potent broad‑spectrum antibacterial efficacy, inhibiting 97.97% of E. coli and 98.24% of S. aureus . The antibacterial effect was further enhanced by the pro‑oxidant activity of chlorogenic acid, which elevated intracellular ROS levels and disrupted bacterial redox homeostasis. In practical application, chicken breast wrapped with CCAM film and stored at 4 °C maintained acceptable microbial counts (< 7.0 log CFU/g) and sensory quality for up to 10 days, extending the shelf life by approximately 6 days compared to unpackaged samples. These findings demonstrate that the CCAM hydrogel film is a promising active packaging material, offering a green and efficient strategy for prolonging the shelf life of high-protein foods.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2026
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IF 8.7
Siquan Wu,Xuan He,Xianjiao Wang,Liheng Chen,Jianglin Liu,Shuai Zhao,Xuliang Lin
Solar-driven interfacial evaporation requires photothermal materials that combine efficient solar absorption, continuous water transport, and resistance to salt accumulation. Herein, a lignin nanoparticle-reinforced chitosan hydrogel evaporator (LPCH) was constructed by integrating alkali lignin nanoparticles into a chemically cross-linked chitosan network. The uniformly dispersed lignin nanoparticles functioned as photothermal and nanoreinforcing domains, enhancing light harvesting and increasing the surface temperature to 39.5 °C under 1 sun irradiation. Interactions between the hydroxyl-rich lignin nanoparticles and chitosan regulated the water state within the hydrogel network, increasing the intermediate-water-to-free-water ratio from 0.35 for the chitosan hydrogel (CS) to 1.24 for LPCH and lowering the equivalent evaporation enthalpy to 2085 J g −1 . The optimized LPCH evaporator achieved an evaporation rate of 2.77 kg m −2 h −1 under 1 sun irradiation, together with an apparent solar-to-vapor efficiency of 152.4%. It retained an evaporation rate of 2.29 kg m −2 h −1 in 10 wt% saline water and maintained continuous operation over 10 h in simulated seawater. Outdoor tests using real seawater produced a peak evaporation rate of 3.47 kg m −2 h −1 and a daytime average rate of 2.38 kg m −2 h −1 . These results demonstrate a sustainable strategy for combining lignin-derived photothermal conversion, water-state regulation, and structural reinforcement in biomass-based solar evaporators.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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IF 13.2
Jing Jin,Yu Ren,Hua Zhou,Yujie Hou,Peng Jin,Yonghua Zheng,Zhengguo Wu
Berries, being juicy and thin-skinned, are prone to mechanical damage and microbial contamination during transportation. Therefore, developing functional cushioning packaging becomes crucial to minimize product losses. Herein, modified MXene was used to immobilize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and graft trans -2-hexenal (E2H), synthesizing MXene-NH 2 /AgNPs/E2H preservative. Subsequently, the CPMAE aerogel buffer packaging was obtained by MXene-NH 2 /AgNPs/E2H, chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol, and then using to the strawberry preservation. The physical entangling, electrostatic and hydrogen bonding between chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol, as well as the interaction with MXene-NH 2 /AgNPs/E2H endow CPMAE aerogel excellent buffering properties. Besides, only about 67.40 % of E2H and 5.80 % of AgNPs were released from the CPMAE aerogel after 7 days. Although the immobilization of MXene-NH 2 significantly reduced the release rate of AgNPs and E2H, the CPMAE aerogel still had excellent antioxidant (36.5 μg FeSO 4 /5 mg) and antimicrobial (reaches 99 %) capabilities. Moreover, these features enable the CPMAE aerogel buffer packaging to have an efficient fresh-keeping effect on strawberries and extend the storage time at 4 ℃ to 12 days. This study offers a novel approach for applying chitosan aerogel in buffer and antimicrobial packaging for berries.
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生物工程
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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
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2025
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IF 5.1
Dingxin Wang,Lin Mei,Qian Liu,Xinhao Zou,Shaoshan Pan,Tianyu Xu,Panfeng Zhao,Tianzhi Luo
Hydrogel-based wearable flexible pressure sensors show great potential for applications in human health and motion monitoring. However, fabricating hydrogel sensors with excellent mechanical properties, sensitivity, and stability remains challenging. In this study, we developed a poloxamer-quaternized chitosan-polyacrylamide (P407/QCS-PAAm) hydrogel with multifunctional capabilities. These hydrogels exhibit high strength, impact resistance, excellent electrical conductivity, hydrophilicity, and outstanding antimicrobial properties. Due to the dynamic hydrogen bonding provided by QCS, the mechanical properties of the hydrogel can be adjusted by regulating the QCS content, achieving tensile strengths ranging from 0.14 to 0.47 MPa and compressive strengths from 2.07 to 5.49 MPa. The quaternary ammonium groups carried by QCS enhance the gel's conductivity (0.29 S/m) and its bacteriostatic effects. Furthermore, the incorporation of P407 improves the hydrogel's hydrophilicity. These properties make the gel an excellent biosafety material for wearable devices. Notably, the hydrogel precursor exhibits rate-tunable sol-gel transition properties, enabling 3D printing. The 3D-printed P407/QCS-PAAm hydrogel sensors demonstrate high sensitivity (GF < −0.5) across a wide strain range (−40 % to 0 % strain). Considering these combined properties, the gel demonstrates significant potential for use in flexible wearable and 3D-printed electronic devices.
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生物医学工程
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柔性电子学
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3D打印技术
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传感器
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2025
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IF 6.7
Kun Yan,Zongrun Zhang,Xianzhu Yang,Chenguang Yang,Zhentan Lu,Dong Wang
Point-of-care diagnostics for pathogen detection are crucial for informed clinical pretreatment strategies, rendering the emergence of electro-fluidic systems increasingly attractive. However, both optical and electrical sensing strategies still face challenges in achieving high sensitivity and specificity. Herein, we present a facile and general approach for effectively integrating an electro-fluidic device that enables optical-electrical dual-mode gradient analysis of bacterial populations, mediated by a 2-lactobionamidoethyl methacrylate (SLM)-functionalized chitosan film (CS). Notably, this rationally synthesized CS@SLM exhibits robust interfacial monolayer adsorption performance, serving as a versatile sensing platform for specific bacterial recognition, uniform capture, and rapid accumulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Furthermore, the biointerface demonstrates distinct concentration-dependent adsorption behavior, particularly in diluted bacterial solutions, achieving remarkably high removal efficiencies (78.3–100%) while facilitating bacterial detection at ultralow concentrations (≤101 CFU/mL, 0–10 min). These characteristics enable the creation of a pronounced concentration gradient through subsequent diffusion processes in microfluidic channels, allowing for differential analysis of bacterial populations with thousands of fold enhancement in signal variation. Importantly, the surface-immobilized bacteria retain their bioactivities and can be effectively integrated with electrodes via the engineered biointerface, highlighting significant potential for electro-fluidic multimodal sensing systems. Collectively, this general strategy and versatile biointerface provide new insights into designing advanced electro-fluidic devices for precise bacterial density control and effective infection management.
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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
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2016
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IF 3.858
Huanle Chen,Xiaorong Hu,Enmin Chen,Shan Wu,David Julian McClements,Shilin Liu,Bin Li,Yan Li
Natural aldehydes, such as cinnamaldehyde , can be used to modify the properties of chitosan-based materials by covalent cross-linking the chitosan molecules. Due to the non-polarity and hydrophobicity of cinnamaldehyde, emulsification technique was used to prepare homogeneous cinnamaldehyde-chitosan films. Under optimized conditions, cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsions led to the successful fabrication of uniform and smooth chitosan films. FTIR analysis of the films indicated the formation of chitosan-cinnamaldehyde Schiff base. The cross-linked films strongly absorbed UV–visible light and inhibited the emission of fluorescent light, and may therefore provide good photo-protection. The thickness (26–61 μm) and transparency (clear to turbid) of the chitosan films were modulated by varying the aldehyde/amino group ratio. The mechanical properties and water vapor permeability of the films also depended on the amount of cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion utilized. Chitosan films showed good antimicrobial activity, but had better antifungal than antibacterial activity.
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Water Cycle
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2023
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IF 0
Yuankun Liu,Xinxia Zhang,Liyuan Zhao
In this work, the magnetic chitosan nanoparticles were prepared by in-situ co-precipitation method and then modified by glutaraldehyde and ethylenediamine. The effect dose of crosslinking agents for adsorbent preparation on tetracycline (TC) adsorption was investigated. The experiment results showed that the modified chitosan (EMMCS-G) had the best adsorption performance, which was more than twice that of raw magnetic chitosan. EMMCS-G was characterized by SEM, TEM, VSM, FTIR, XRD and XPS. The effects of experimental parameters such as time, temperature, pH, adsorbent dosage and Cu 2+ on TC adsorption by EMMCS-G were discussed. The result indicated that the optimal pH was 6.5. Under the conditions of an initial TC concentration of 50 mg/L and an EMMCS-G dosage of 50 mg, the removal rate reached an impressive 94%. The isotherm and kinetic studies of adsorption process illustrated that adsorption of TC onto EMMCS corresponded to Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The maximum adsorption capacity was 84 mg/g. Thermodynamic analysis revealed that adsorption process was both endothermic and spontaneous. The regeneration experiment suggested that the adsorbent possessed excellent reusability for further use. Moreover, the adsorption mechanisms of TC onto EMMCS-G mainly involved pore filling, π-π interactions, hydrogen bonding and electrostatic attraction.
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化学工程
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2013
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IF 3.554
Youjia Zhu,Ying Wan,Jun Zhang,Dengke Yin,Wenze Cheng
Chitosan-polycaprolactone (CH-PCL) copolymers with various PCL percentages less than 45 wt% were synthesized. Different CH-PCLs were respectively blended with Type-II collagen at prescribed ratios to fabricate a type of layered porous scaffolds with some biomimetic features while using sodium tripolyphosphate as a crosslinker. The compositions of different layers inside scaffolds were designed in a way so that from the top layer to the bottom layer collagen content changed in a degressive trend contrary to that of chitosan. A combinatorial processing technique involving adjustable temperature gradients, collimated photothermal heating and freeze-drying was used to construct desired microstructures of scaffolds. The resultant scaffolds had highly interconnected porous layers with a layer thickness of around 1 mm and porous interface zones without visual clefts. Results obtained from SEM observations and measurements of pore parameters and swelling properties as well as mechanical examinations confirmed that graded average pore-size and porosity, gradient swelling index and oriented compressive modulus for certain scaffolds were synchronously achieved. In addition, certain evaluations of cell-scaffold constructs indicated that the achieved scaffolds were able to well support the growth of seeded chondrocytes. The optimized collagen/CH-PCL scaffolds are partially similar to articular cartilage extracellular matrix in composition, porous microarchitecture, water content and compressive mechanical properties, suggesting that they have promising potential for applications in articular cartilage repair.
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组织工程学
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再生医学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2011
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IF 2.502
Kemin Wang,Ruixue Yin,Zi Tong,Qiang Yu,Jun Nie
A novel water-soluble chitosan derivative, glucosyloxyethyl acrylated chitosan was successfully synthesized by Michael addition reaction of chitosan with glucosyloxyethyl acrylate (GEA), and the obtained glyco-chitosan derivative was characterized by FT-IR, 1 H NMR, elemental analysis, XRD, TG, DSC and SEM. The FT-IR and 1 H NMR results showed that GEA residues were grafted onto the amino group of chitosan. The degree of substitution (DS) was calculated by elemental analysis. XRD data revealed that the introduced saccharide moieties decreased the crystalline structure of chitosan. TG and DSC results demonstrated that the glucosyloxyethyl acrylated chitosan was less thermal stable than chitosan. This efficient synthetic method provided an approach of preparing water-soluble glyco-chitosan derivatives. The obtained derivatives would show stronger specific affinity of lectin than chitosan thus would have potential applications in biomaterials.
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有机化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2024
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IF 7.7
Jing Liu,Hao Chen,Yan Lv,Lijun Yang,Wenjie Wang,Jianying Huang,Dandan Zhang
The mycotoxin-producing fungi contamination of foodstuffs and agricultural commodities is a serious problem. In this study, the efficacy of acetic acid (AcA), chitosan (CS), and CS with extra AcA (CS/extra AcA) against Aspergillus flavus ( A. flavus ) in vitro and in vivo were investigated. Results showed that CS/extra AcA strongly inhibited the mycelial growth and aflatoxins production of A. flavus at lower concentrations than CS (MIC > 16.0 mg/mL) or AcA (MIC: 0.31 %). Significant inhibition was achieved in the presence of 4.0/0.12 and 8.0/0.08 CS (mg/mL)/extra AcA (%). CS/extra AcA exhibited remarkable antifungal activities based on the results of spore germination inhibition, abnormalities of spore morphology, disruption of cell membrane, mitochondrial dysfunction, and induction of apoptosis of hyphae. Moreover, pathogenicity test in peanut kernels showed that 8.0/0.16 CS (mg/mL)/extra AcA (%) could effectively inhibit the fungal infection and aflatoxin B 1 production. The efficacy of CS/extra AcA is possibly due to the synergy of the antifungal property of CS, and undissociated AcA. The findings referred that CS/extra AcA is safe, efficient, and economical, and it could be used as a promising way to control A. flavus contamination in agro-foods preservation.
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食品科学
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微生物学
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Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
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2017
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IF 5.605
Yuchen Huang,Yi Zhang,Longbao Feng,Liumin He,Rui Guo,Wei Xue
When hydrophobically modified chitosan (HM-CHI) comes into contact with red blood cells (RBCs), it can cause agglomeration. This property leads HM-CHI to be a potential agent to form a rapid haemostatic plug to stop bleeding at wound sites. In this study, we investigated the properties of the HM-CHI biopolymer to act as an agent that rapidly clots blood. We have examined the synthesis and structural characteristics of HM-CHI – blood substances using X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and elemental analysis. To understand the rheological behaviour of RBCs within HM-CHI, we have studied the effects of HM-CHI on RBC aggregation and morphology using a rheometer and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. When mixed with sodium citrate, HM-CHI rapidly transformed human blood into an elastic gel. In contrast, un-modified chitosan (i.e. without hydrophobes) was unable to clot blood. The hydrophobias within HM-CHI entered into the RBC membranes and connected to the cells by a sample-spanning network, which subsequently led to the formation of an elastic gel. The gelling ability of HM-CHI is similar to that of fibrin-based sealants, but at a much lower cost and greater availability.
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