Hydrophobic modification of chitosan/hydroxyapatite composites and chitosan films has been performed by a team of scientists at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The team say that this approach provides a simple method to improve the wet tensile properties of chitosan/hydroxyapatite composite films making them more suitable for biomedical applications.
Interested to know more? Read the full article for free: Clementine Pradal, Prakash Kithva, Darren Martin, Matt Trau and Lisbeth Grøndahl, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03080E (Advance Article)
