Our first results of a collaborative project with Dr. Yury Salkovskiy (UNO Department of Biomechanics) and Dr. Marat Sadykov (UNMC Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Immunology) have just been published in Scientific Reports. The paper describes the enhancement of antibacterial and antibiofilm properties of chemically-modified chitosan and nanofibrous materials produced from the polymer. We are looking forward to further develop new materials that will hopefully find their place in medical device manufacturing and defense applications.