N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan (TMC), a quaternized hydrophilic derivative of chitosan (CHT), outperformed the well-known solubility issues raised by CHT. The excellent properties offered by TMC provide it a significant edge for nanoparticle (NP) formation over other nanocarrier materials. Recently, TMC NPs have been applied to various fields like pharmaceutical, biomedical, biomaterials, and biotechnological field. The aim of this review is, therefore, to bring the TMC into the limelight so as to appraise it as an attractive functional polymer for nanomedicine applications which is facing oversight, at present, by regulatory agencies and manufacturers. The versatility of surface-tailoring, the capability of further chemical modifications, and the feasibility of ligand-conjugations in TMC polymer will further assist the scientists for reaching new dimensions in the nano-assembly of novel structures based on TMC.
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