“…Owing to their biodegradability and bioactivity, homopolymers and copolymers of chitosan have been widely used in packaging material applications (Arvanitoyannis, Nakayama, & Aiba, 1998;Coma, 2008;Coma et al, 2002;Fimbeau, Grelier, Copinet, & Coma, 2005;Möller, Grelier, Pardon, & Coma, 2004). In parallel, there is an increased interest in preparing chitosan/polymer blends for different applications, such as biomaterial applications (Arvanitoyannis, Kolokuris, Nakayama, Yamamoto, & Aiba, 1997;Luo, Yin, Khutoryanskaya, & Khutoryanskiy, 2008;Molinaro, Leroux, Damas, & Adam, 2002;Park et al, 2001;Siddaramaiah, Divya, Mhemavathi, & Manjula, 2006;Zhao, Mitomo, & Yosh, 2008). The presence of amino groups makes chitosan soluble in dilute aqueous solutions of common acids.…”