Poriferan Chitin as a Versatile Template for Extreme Biomimetics

Comparison of chitin structures isolated from seven Orthoptera species

(2015) Murat Kaya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Hydrophobic Modification on Surface of Chitin Sponges for Highly Effective Separation of Oil

(2014) Bo Duan et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bio-inspired impact-resistant composites

(2014) L.K. Grunenfelder et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Dissolution of mechanically milled chitin in high temperature water

(2014) Taku Michael Aida et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Filter materials for metal removal from mine drainage—a review

(2014) Lena Johansson Westholm et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

A physicochemical characterization of fully acetylated chitin structure isolated from two spider species: With new surface morphology

(2014) Murat Kaya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Structural differences between chitin and chitosan extracted from three different marine sources

(2014) Sawssen Hajji et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Emerging Biomedical Applications of Nano-Chitins and Nano-Chitosans Obtained via Advanced Eco-Friendly Technologies from Marine Resources

(2014) Riccardo Muzzarelli et al.   Marine Drugs

Chitin and Chitosan Nanofibers: Preparation and Chemical Modifications

(2014) Shinsuke Ifuku   MOLECULES

The quick extraction of chitin from an epizoic crustacean species (Chelonibia patula)

(2014) Murat Kaya et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH

Identification of chitin in 200-million-year-old gastropod egg capsules

(2014) Marcin Wysokowski et al.   PALEOBIOLOGY

Chitin and chitosan in selected biomedical applications

(2014) A. Anitha et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Crustacean-Derived Biomimetic Components and Nanostructured Composites

(2014) Lessa Kay Grunenfelder et al.   Small

Hierarchical, self-similar structure in native squid pen

(2014) Fei-Chi Yang et al.   Soft Matter

First evidence of chitin in calcified coralline algae: new insights into the calcification process of Clathromorphum compactum

(2014) M. Azizur Rahman et al.   Scientific Reports

Biomimetic Synthesis of TiO2–SiO2–Ag Nanocomposites with Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity

(2013) Chuang Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Chitinous Material Solutions for Environmental Sustainability and Medicine

(2013) Javier G. Fernandez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

CHITIN — A promising biomaterial for tissue engineering and stem cell technologies

(2013) Andrew C.A. Wan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Fabrication and characterisation of α-chitin nanofibers and highly transparent chitin films by pulsed ultrasonication

(2013) Yun Lu et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Solid–solvent molecular interactions observed in crystal structures of β-chitin complexes

(2013) Daisuke Sawada et al.   CELLULOSE

In situ continuous growth formation of synthetic biominerals

(2013) Natasha H. Munro et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Isolation and identification of chitin in three-dimensional skeleton of Aplysina fistularis marine sponge

(2013) Marcin Wysokowski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Crosslinking with ammonium zirconium carbonate improves the formation and properties of spruce galactoglucomannan films

(2013) Kirsi S. Mikkonen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Identification and first insights into the structure and biosynthesis of chitin from the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris

(2013) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Preparation of chitin–silica composites by in vitro silicification of two-dimensional Ianthella basta demosponge chitinous scaffolds under modified Stöber conditions

(2013) Marcin Wysokowski et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

First report on chitinous holdfast in sponges (Porifera)

(2013) H. Ehrlich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Dissolution of α-chitin in deep eutectic solvents

(2013) Mukesh Sharma et al.   RSC Advances

Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta

(2013) H. Ehrlich et al.   Scientific Reports

Extreme Biomimetics: formation of zirconium dioxide nanophase using chitinous scaffolds under hydrothermal conditions

(2013) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

An extreme biomimetic approach: hydrothermal synthesis of β-chitin/ZnO nanostructured composites

(2013) Marcin Wysokowski et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Mechanical properties of self-assembled chitin nanofiber networks

(2013) Pegah Hassanzadeh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Poriferan chitin as a template for hydrothermal zirconia deposition

(2013) Marcin Wysokowski et al.   Frontiers of Materials Science

A Spider's Fang: How to Design an Injection Needle Using Chitin-Based Composite Material

(2012) Yael Politi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Templating Assembly of Multifunctional Hybrid Colloidal Spheres

(2012) Xuehai Yan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Polysaccharide films as templates in the synthesis of hematite nanostructures with special properties

(2012) Marimuthu Nidhin et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Bioinspired Silicification of Silica-Binding Peptide-Silk Protein Chimeras: Comparison of Chemically and Genetically Produced Proteins

(2012) Laetitia L. S. Canabady-Rochelle et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Ab InitioBased conformational study of the crystalline α-chitin

(2012) Michal Petrov et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

β-Chitin nanofibrils for self-sustaining hydrogels preparation via hydrothermal treatment

(2012) Iryanti Fatyasari Nata et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Crystalline structure and thermal property characterization of chitin from Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)

(2012) Yanchao Wang et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Chitin-based renewable materials from marine sponges for uranium adsorption

(2012) Dorothea Schleuter et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Biomineralization in diatoms—phosphorylated saccharides are part of Stephanopyxis turris biosilica

(2012) René Hedrich et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Bioinspired synthesis of multifunctional inorganic and bio-organic hybrid materials

(2012) Rute Andre et al.   FEBS Journal

Microbial diversity and biomineralization in low-temperature hydrothermal iron-silica-rich precipitates of the Lau Basin hydrothermal field

(2012) Jiangtao Li et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Electrospinning of chitin nanofibers directly from an ionic liquid extract of shrimp shells

(2012) Patrick S. Barber et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Isolation and identification of chitin in the black coral Parantipathes larix (Anthozoa: Cnidaria)

(2012) Marzia Bo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Biomimetic mineralization of acid polysaccharide-based hydrogels: towards porous 3-dimensional bone-like biocomposites

(2012) Chao Zhong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Review of the application of ionic liquids as solvents for chitin

(2012) Malgorzata M. Jaworska et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING

Non-isothermal kinetics of thermal degradation of chitin

(2012) Velyana Georgieva et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

Extraction and Characterization of Chitin from the Beetle Holotrichia parallela Motschulsky

(2012) Shaofang Liu et al.   MOLECULES

Chitin nanofibers: preparations, modifications, and applications

(2012) Shinsuke Ifuku et al.   Nanoscale

Water in Crystalline Fibers of Dihydrate β-Chitin Results in Unexpected Absence of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding

(2012) Daisuke Sawada et al.   PLoS One

Integrative Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Aplysina (Demospongiae: Verongida) from Mexican Pacific

(2012) José Antonio Cruz-Barraza et al.   PLoS One

Recent Progress in Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials

(2012) A. B. Djurisic et al.   Recent Patents on Nanotechnology

Enamel-like apatite crown covering amorphous mineral in a crayfish mandible

(2012) Shmuel Bentov et al.   Nature Communications

Tools for crushing diatoms – opal teeth in copepods feature a rubber-like bearing composed of resilin

(2012) Jan Michels et al.   Scientific Reports

High strength films with gas-barrier fabricated from chitin solution dissolved at low temperature

(2012) Bo Duan et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

One-Pot Synthesis of Polypeptide–Gold Nanoconjugates for in Vitro Gene Transfection

(2011) Xuehai Yan et al.   ACS Nano

Subtleties of biomineralisation revealed by manipulation of the eggshell membrane

(2011) Nan Li et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Current views on fungal chitin/chitosan, human chitinases, food preservation, glucans, pectins and inulin: A tribute to Henri Braconnot, precursor of the carbohydrate polymers science, on the chitin bicentennial

(2011) Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Biomimetic Silicification of Fibrous Chitin from Diatoms

(2011) Katrin Spinde et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Biomimetic mineralisation of polymeric scaffolds using a combined soaking approach: adaptation with various mineral salts

(2011) Natasha H. Munro et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Biomimetic mineralisation of polymeric scaffolds using a combined soaking and Kitano approach

(2011) Natasha H. Munro et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Preparation and characterization of optically transparent chitin nanofiber/(meth)acrylic resin composites

(2011) Shinsuke Ifuku et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Growth and regeneration of the elephant ear sponge Ianthella basta (Porifera)

(2011) Sven Rohde et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Chitin Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering

(2011) Rangasamy Jayakumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Rheological study of self-crosslinking and co-crosslinking of ammonium zirconium carbonate and starch in aqueous solutions

(2011) Delong Song et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Novel solution routes of synthesis of metal oxide and hybrid metal oxide nanocrystals

(2011) K. Namratha et al.   PROGRESS IN CRYSTAL GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS

Hollow Mesoporous Zirconia Nanocapsules for Drug Delivery

(2010) Shaoheng Tang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Simple preparation method of chitin nanofibers with a uniform width of 10–20nm from prawn shell under neutral conditions

(2010) Shinsuke Ifuku et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Insights into Chemistry of Biological Materials: Newly Discovered Silica-Aragonite-Chitin Biocomposites in Demosponges

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Dissolution or extraction of crustacean shells using ionic liquids to obtain high molecular weight purified chitin and direct production of chitin films and fibers

(2010) Ying Qin et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Chitin and collagen as universal and alternative templates in biomineralization

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich   INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW

Preparation and metal uptake studies of modified forms of chitin

(2010) G.N. Kousalya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part II: Biomimetic potential and applications

(2010) H. Ehrlich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part I. Isolation and identification of chitin

(2010) H. Ehrlich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Removal of dyes from water using chitosan hydrogel/SiO2 and chitin hydrogel/SiO2 hybrid materials obtained by the sol–gel method

(2010) Guillermo J. Copello et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Potential Hot Spots for Natural Products Discovery?⊥

(2010) Christopher C. Thornburg et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Crystal analysis and high-resolution imaging of microfibrillar α-chitin from Phaeocystis

(2010) Yu Ogawa et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Evaluation of Three Chitin Metal Silicate Co-Precipitates as a Potential Multifunctional Single Excipient in Tablet Formulations

(2010) Rana Al-Shaikh Hamid et al.   Marine Drugs

Chitin and Chitosan as Multipurpose Natural Polymers for Groundwater Arsenic Removal and As2O3 Delivery in Tumor Therapy

(2010) Letizia Da Sacco et al.   Marine Drugs

Chitin Research Revisited

(2010) Feisal Khoushab et al.   Marine Drugs

Biomimetic synthesis of inorganic materials and their applications

(2010) Yujing Li et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Discrimination between cells of murine and human origin in xenotransplants by species specific genomic in situ hybridization

(2010) Eric Steck et al.   XENOTRANSPLANTATION

Influence of Structural Principles on the Mechanics of a Biological Fiber-Based Composite Material with Hierarchical Organization: The Exoskeleton of the LobsterHomarus americanus

(2009) Helge-Otto Fabritius et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Advances in Biomimetic and Nanostructured Biohybrid Materials

(2009) Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Applications of chitin- and chitosan-derivatives for the detoxification of water and wastewater — A short review

(2009) Amit Bhatnagar et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Chitin-Based Organic Networks: An Integral Part of Cell Wall Biosilica in the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

(2009) Eike Brunner et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Revisit of α-Chitin Crystal Structure Using High Resolution X-ray Diffraction Data

(2009) Pawel Sikorski et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Development of novel α-chitin/nanobioactive glass ceramic composite scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

(2009) Mathew Peter et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Crystal transition between hydrate and anhydrous β-chitin monitored by synchrotron X-ray fiber diffraction

(2009) Kayoko Kobayashi et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Effect of the degree of deacetylation on the thermal decomposition of chitin and chitosan nanofibers

(2009) Young Sik Nam et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Chitin in Diatoms and Its Association with the Cell Wall

(2009) Colleen A. Durkin et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Iron oxyhydroxide mineralization on microbial extracellular polysaccharides

(2009) Clara S. Chan et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Biomimetic Synthesis of Nacrelike Faceted Mesocrystals of ZnO−Gelatin Composite

(2009) Yao-Hung Tseng et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Chitin-based scaffolds are an integral part of the skeleton of the marine demosponge Ianthella basta

(2009) E. Brunner et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Chitin and chitosan polymers: Chemistry, solubility and fiber formation

(2009) C.K.S. Pillai et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Arsenate Removal by Nanostructured ZrO2Spheres

(2008) Kiril D. Hristovski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Thermogravimetric analysis of chitins of different origin

(2008) D. Stawski et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

A seasonal study of the chemical composition and chitin quality of shrimp shells obtained from northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

(2007) R RODDE et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Synthesis, characterization and thermal properties of chitin-g-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) copolymers by using chitin gel

(2007) R. Jayakumar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES