Properties and emerging applications of chitosan nanoparticles: a brief review

The review article presents current research on obtaining chitosan nanoparticles (NPs). It highlights their key properties and potential applications in agriculture. Various methods of chitosan nanoparticle formation were considered: emulsion method in the presence of special agents, drying method, crosslinking of molecules through covalent bonds, self-organisation processes and obtaining interpolyelectrolyte complexes, and ionotropic gelation. Some examples of the chitosan NPs application have also been reviewed.