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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São José dos Campos. Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia (ICT) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Mateus dos Santos Silva in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Chitosan shows several possible applications in production of biomaterials because of its biocompatibility and no toxicity, including bioadhesives, wound dressing and tissue engineering scaffolds for skin substitutes. This biopolymer can be easily processed into films, hydrogels, nanofibers, micro and nanocapsules, etc. However, the low mechanical properties of chitosan are the main barri…
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