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A Review on Cellulose-based Materials for Biomedicine

Version 1 : Received: 31 December 2021 / Approved: 5 January 2022 / Online: 5 January 2022 (11:00:57 CET)

How to cite: Abdelhamid, H.N.; Mathew, A.P. A Review on Cellulose-based Materials for Biomedicine. Preprints 2022, 2022010035. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0035.v1 Abdelhamid, H.N.; Mathew, A.P. A Review on Cellulose-based Materials for Biomedicine. Preprints 2022, 2022010035. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0035.v1

Abstract

There are various biomaterials in nature, but none fulfills all the requirements. Cellulose, eco-friendly material-based biopolymers, have been advanced biomedicine to satisfy most market demand and circumvent many ecological concerns. This review aims to present an overview of the state of the art in cellulose's knowledge and technical biomedical applications. It included an extensive bibliography of recent research findings for fundamental and applied investigations. The chemical structure of cellulose allows modifications and simple conjugation with several materials, including nanoparticles, without tedious efforts. Cellulose-based materials were used for biomedicine applications such as antibacterial agents, antifouling, wound healing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and bone regeneration. They advanced the applications to be cheap, biocompatible, biodegradable, easy for shaping and processing into different forms, with suitable chemical, mechanical and physical properties.

Keywords

Cellulose; Biomedical; Wound healing; Drug delivery; Antibacterials; Tissue engineering

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials

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