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  • Development of strategies for creating hybrid materials and nanocomposites.

    • Main Results:

    • Chitosan's unique cationic nature, due to amino groups, facilitates novel material design.
    • Engineering chitosan hydrogels enables the creation of stable, porous soft-material frameworks.
    • Potential for developing chitosan-metal nanoparticle dispersions and hierarchical porous inorganic materials.

    Conclusions:

    • Chitosan hydrogels offer a promising platform for sustainable nanomaterial development.
    • Tailoring the structure of chitosan hydrogels is key to creating advanced functional materials.
    • This approach opens new avenues for value-added biomass utilization.