{"product_id":"chitosan-properties-and-applications-in-bioengineering-paperback","title":"Chitosan: Properties and Applications in Bioengineering - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Marcela Escobar Sierra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChitosan: Properties and Applications in Bioengineering\u003c\/em\u003e presents a review of chitosan, including information regarding its structure, main properties, available sources, extraction, and processing techniques. It presents the different applications of chitosan as a biomaterial in fields such as medicine and the agricultural, cosmetology, pharmaceutical, and food industries to have readers obtain a more technical vision of the current use of this biopolymer. The book has been researched and written based on the data collected through several years of work in the Biomaterials Research Group, part of the University of Antioquia Bioengineering Program. This concise guide will be valuable for researchers and students in biomaterials, bioengineering, the basic sciences, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiana Marcela Escobar Sierra, Ph.D., \u003c\/strong\u003e is a metallurgical engineer and member of the engineering faculty at Universidad de Antioquia, where she is a professor bioengineering program. She graduated from Universidad de Antioquia with a doctorate in chemical sciences. Dr. Escobar Sierra has 30 years of experience in the field of materials and 25 in the field of biomaterials. She is an expert in extracting biopolymers from natural sources and ceramics for medical applications. She created the Biomaterials Research Group in 2003, which has been recognized by the Columbian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MinCiencias), and she is currently its leader. She is the author of the book \u003cem\u003eBiomateriales Sintéticos: Algunas Propiedades y Aplicaciones \u003c\/em\u003e(Editorial Académica Española, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 59\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 9.42 x 6.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757074395357,"sku":"9783031819872","price":44.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/3n7l8gA1yX9783031819872.webp?v=1789894293","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/chitosan-properties-and-applications-in-bioengineering-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}