Investigating the behavior of mucoadhesive polysaccharide-functionalized graphene oxide in bladder environment

• Main Authors: Low, Ying Zhen, Li, Lin, Tan, Lay Poh
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Graphene Oxide; Chitosan
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159789
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Drug administration for treatment of bladder disorder has always been impeded by the urothelium integrity and short residence time of therapeutic forms. In this study, polysaccharides chitosan and carboxymethylcellulose are used to confer the mucoadhesive property to graphene oxide as a potential dr...