What is the best solvent (and concentration) for biomedical chitosan?

Chitosan will be used for implantable hydrogel device. What is best betwen Hcl or acetic acid for such a final use? what concentration? Thank you very much

11 July 2019 4,809 6 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

How to measure 50uL of cells?

Hello, I am planning to do a transformation, and on the protocol it says "Scrape a 50 ml volume of yeast from the YPAD plate using a sterile inoculating loop or sterile toothpick". But I can...

14 February 2021 6,247 3 View

How do you prepare a porous crosslinked Polyvinyl alcohol and Glutaraldehyde membrane or film?

I am trying to prepare a Polyvinyl alcohol membrane for carbondioxide adsorption

08 February 2021 7,493 3 View

Can I polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

I want to perform the synthesis of a hydrogel and I want to know if I can polymerize NIPPAm with PEGmethacrylate or only with PEGacrylate?

02 February 2021 2,106 6 View

How can I set up UV irradiation for crosslinking lab?

Hi, I am using a mix of 2 polymers and want to try and crosslink them. I have a UVA lamp of 365nm and have tried the lab previously at 30cm above. How would you recommend I approach the lab and...

31 January 2021 8,711 3 View

Suggestions for using antisense oligonucleotide for brain delivery?

hello I am working on a project that includes gene delivery to the brain. my intentions are encapsulating a gene in a Chitosan NP and IV administration the NP to rats. beside plasmids is there...

29 January 2021 4,455 5 View

How to find degree of deacetylation of chitosan colorimetrically?

I am working with low DD% chitosan. It doesn't dissolve completely in acidic solutions. How to calculate the degree of deacetylation by potentiometric and acid-base titration, UV spectroscopic...

27 January 2021 8,532 2 View

How to calculate theoretical drug loading for polymer nanoparticle and calculated nanoparticle ?

nanoparticles coated with chitosan as well uncoated nanoparticle

26 January 2021 9,053 6 View