Acceleration of the healing process of full-thickness wounds using hydrophilic chitosan-silica hybrid sponge in a porcine model

• Main Authors: Park, Ji-Ung, Jeong, Seol-Ha, Song, Eun-Ho, Song, Juha, Kim, Hyoun-Ee, Kim, Sukwha
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Chitosan; Chitosan–silica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141548
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, we evaluated the surface characterization of a novel chitosan-silica hybridized membrane and highlighted the substantial role of silica in the wound environment. The chemical coupling of chitosan and silica resulted in a more condensed network compared with pure chitosan, which was ev...