• Effect of cellulose nanofibrils on vancomycin drug release from chitosan nanocomposite films 

    Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; Becheran, Liliam; Valdés, Oscar; Giordano, Ady; Segura-del Río, Rodrigo; Bravo-Arrepol, Gastón; Durán-Lara, Esteban F.; Cea, Juan; Berg, Alex; Castaños, Johana; Rodríguez-Llamazares, Saddys; Fuentes, Gastón; Katsarov, Plamen; Lukova, Paolina; Delattre, Cédric (2023)
    Overuse of antibiotic drugs usually leads to the further development of resistance to targeted bacteria. In this context, a controlled release system could be a solution to achieve higher drug efficiency without overdosing ...

  • Utilization of marine waste to obtain β-chitin nanofibers and films from giant Humboldt squid dosidicus gigas 

    Cabrera-Barjas, Gustavo; González, Cristian; Nesic, Aleksandra; Marrugo, Kelly P.; Gómez, Oscar; Delattre, Cédric; Valdés-Lizama, Oscar; Yin, Heng; Bravo, Gaston; Cea, Juan (2021)
    β-chitin was isolated from marine waste, giant Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas, and further converted to nanofibers by use of a collider machine under acidic conditions (pH 3). The FTIR, TGA, and NMR analysis confirmed the ...