The project’s competitive advantage is its chitosan-based self-healing hydrogel, which offers strong biocompatibility, biodegradability, and natural repairability under physiological conditions. The addition of nanocellulose enhances mechanical strength and creates a porous structure that mimics the skin’s extracellular matrix, promoting faster wound healing and improved tissue regeneration.

Current wound care products often have limited effectiveness in accelerating the healing process, resulting in longer recovery times. There is a need for improved formulations that can better support tissue regeneration and wound management. Additionally, some existing products may lack optimal biocompatibility or rely on less sustainable materials, highlighting the demand for more effective, biocompatible, and renewable-based wound healing solutions.

The project develops a chitosan–CNC composite gel as an advanced wound care solution to accelerate healing. Chitosan, a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer derived from renewable sources such as crab and shrimp shells, is combined with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) to enhance the gel’s structural and functional properties. This formulation supports improved wound management, promotes faster tissue regeneration, and provides an effective, sustainable alternative for wound healing applications.

The innovation of the project is the development of a chitosan–CNC composite gel that enhances wound healing performance through improved biocompatibility, biodegradability, and functional properties. By combining chitosan, a renewable natural polysaccharide, with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), the formulation strengthens structural properties and supports more effective wound management. This innovation promotes faster tissue regeneration and offers a more sustainable and efficient alternative to conventional wound care products.