Present patent claimed a rapid shear induced method of forming chitosan gels using ionotropic gelation technique.(Refer Fig.1)

Said method comprises the steps of:

• First Step describes about preparing a chitosan solution by dissolving chitosan in a mildly acidic aqueous solution;
• Second step describes about forming a mixture by adding a water-soluble metal salt to said chitosan solution;
• Third step describes about adding a solution of a water-soluble phosphate salt or Phosphoric acid, to said mixture of water soluble metal
• salts and said chitosan solution; and
• Fourth step describes about shaking said mixture of said water-soluble metal salt, the water-soluble phosphate salt &  the chitosan solution to generate metal phosphates, in situ, & form the chitosan gels, without post processing or neutralization step.