<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paula I P Soares</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coro Echeverria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baptista, Ana Catarina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">João, Carlos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernandes, Susete</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Almeida, Ana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silva, Jorge Carvalho</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Godinho, Maria Helena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borges, João Paulo</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manju Kumari Thakur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thakur, Vijay Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asokan Pappu</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hybrid polysaccharide-based systems for biomedical applications</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials: Applications</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100785-3.00004-8</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">USA</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">107-149</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica&quot;&gt;Hybrid materials have been widely studied for structural applications. Polysaccharide-based fibers, especially cellulosic fibers, have been explored in the last two decades as substitutes of the traditional reinforcements made of glass or carbon fibers due to their mechanical properties. However, their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and chemistry have attracted the researchers and new developments in the field of smart and functional materials arise in diverse applications. This chapter will focus on the biomedical applications of polysaccharide-based smart and functional materials, namely those concerning biosensors and actuators, theranostic systems, and tissue-engineering applications. Special attention will be given to cellulose- and chitin/chitosan-based hybrid materials because these are the two most abundant polysaccharides and probably the most promising for the development of hybrid materials for biomedical applications. Biomimetic strategies for the development of smart and functional hybrid materials will also be highlighted.&lt;/p&gt;
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