Browsing by Author "Cansaran-Duman, Demet"

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Discovery of protein-based natural hydrogel from the girdle of the 'sea cockroach' Chiton articulatus (Chitonida: Chitonidae)

Çakmak, Emel; Koç-Bilican, Behlül; Avila-Poveda, Omar Hernando; Karaduman, Tuğçe; Cansaran-Duman, Demet; Williams, Suzanne T.; Kaya, Murat (PeerJ, 2022)

Hydrogels are widely used materials in biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and agricultural fields. However, these hydrogels are usually formed synthetically via a long and complicated process involving crosslinking ...
Macroporous surgical mesh from a natural cocoon composite

Chen, Yong-Ming; Zang, Lian-Sheng; Koç-Bilican, Behlül; Bilican, İsmail; Holland, Chris; Cansaran-Duman, Demet; Karaduman, Tuğçe; Çolak, Arzu (American Chemical Society, 2022)

Recently, traditional polymer-based surgical meshes have drawn unwanted attention as a result of host tissue complications arising from infection, biocompatibility, and mechanical compatibility. Seeking an alternative ...
Novel, multifunctional mucilage composite films incorporated with cellulose nanofibers

Mujtaba, Muhammad; Akyüz, Lalehan; Koç, Behlül; Kaya, Murat; İlk, Sedef; Cansaran-Duman, Demet; Salaberria Martinez, Asier; Çakmak, Yavuz Selim; Labidi, Jalel; Boufi, Sami (Elsevier Ltd., 2019)

In the current study, mucilage composite films were produced by incorporating the cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) at different concentrations i.e., 3 and 6% to chia mucilage matrix by solution casting method. To evaluate the ...