Carbohydrate-based polymeric nanotechnologies: Chitosan and chitosan-nitric oxide donor nanoparticles for sustainable

Gonzalo Tortella1, Olga Rubilar1, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza2

  • 1Centro de Excelencia en Investigación Biotecnológica aplicada al medio ambiente (CIBAMA), Facultad de Ing. y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Departamento de Ing. Química, Facultad de Ing. y Ciencias, Univ. de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 01145, Temuco, Chile.

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