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Cover Picture: Highly Flexible Multifunctional Biopaper Comprising Chitosan Reinforced by Ultralong Hydroxyapatite Nanowires (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2017)
Author(s) -
Sun TuanWei,
Zhu YingJie,
Chen Feng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201700129
Subject(s) - wetting , materials science , biocompatibility , chitosan , swelling , nanowire , nanotechnology , flexibility (engineering) , composite material , chemical engineering , statistics , mathematics , engineering , metallurgy
The highly flexible multifunctional biopaper comprising ultralong hydroxyapatite nanowires and chitosan (UHANWs/CS) is shown in the cover picture. The reported biopaper has high flexibility, high biocompatibility, superior mechanical properties, and can be used for color printing. Moreover, the surface wettability, swelling ratio, and water‐vapor transmission rate of the biopaper are adjustable by changing the added amount of UHANWs. The as‐prepared biopaper is promising for various biomedical applications such as wound dressing, bone‐fracture fixation, and bone‐defect repair. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Y.‐J. Zhu, F. Chen, and T.‐W. Sun on page 3850 ff.