| abstract |
Provided are a method of producing a porous chitosan scaffold, the method including: providing an aqueous acidic solution having chitosan and a solvent which does not dissolve the chitosan; and freeze-drying the aqueous acidic solution, wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of a C3-C8 aliphatic alcohol having one hydroxy group, ethylene glycol monoethylether, ethylene glycol monobutylether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, dimethylcarbonate, acetone and acetonitrile, and a chitosan scaffold produced using the method. |