Hydrogels as intelligent materials: A brief review of synthesis, properties and applications

M Mahinroosta, ZJ Farsangi, A Allahverdi… - Materials today …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are a unique class of three dimensional cross-linked polymeric networks that can
hold a large fraction of aqueous solvents and biological fluids within their structures …

Recent advances in natural polymer-based hydroxyapatite scaffolds: Properties and applications

JA Lett, S Sagadevan, I Fatimah, ME Hoque… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
New materials that mimic natural bone properties, matching functional, mechanical, and
biological properties have been continuously developed to rehabilitate bone defects …

Recent development of chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes with natural polysaccharides for drug delivery

Y Luo, Q Wang - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2014 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a unique positively charged polysaccharide, has been one of the most popular
biopolymers for development of drug delivery systems for various applications, due to its …

Recent advances in natural gum-based biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: A review

R Mohammadinejad, A Kumar, M Ranjbar-Mohammadi… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The engineering of tissues under a three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment is a great
challenge and needs a suitable supporting biomaterial-based scaffold that may facilitate cell …

Advanced biomedical applications of multifunctional natural and synthetic biomaterials

M Chelu, AM Musuc - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomaterials are mostly any natural and synthetic materials which are compatible from a
biological point of view with the human body. Biomaterials are widely used to sustain …

Smart/stimuli-responsive chitosan/gelatin and other polymeric macromolecules natural hydrogels vs. synthetic hydrogels systems for brain tissue engineering: A state …

HM El-Husseiny, EA Mady, AS Doghish… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, there are no viable curative treatments that can enhance the central nervous
system's (CNS) recovery from trauma or illness. Bioengineered injectable smart/stimuli …

Physicochemical properties of electrostatically crosslinked carrageenan/chitosan hydrogels and carrageenan/chitosan/Laponite nanocomposite hydrogels

A Papagiannopoulos, SP Nikolakis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work physical carrageenan/chitosan (Car/Chit) hydrogels are prepared by
electrostatic complexation between the two oppositely charged polysaccharides. The …

Xanthan gum–Konjac glucomannan blend hydrogel for wound healing

A Alves, SP Miguel, ARTS Araujo, MJ de Jesús Valle… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are considered to be the most ideal materials for the production of wound
dressings since they display a three-dimensional structure that mimics the native …

Green synthesis of hydrogel-based adsorbent material for the effective removal of diclofenac sodium from wastewater

M Chelu, M Popa, J Calderon Moreno, AR Leonties… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
The removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from wastewater has gained considerable
attention in recent years, particularly in the advancements of hydrogel-based adsorbents as …

Xanthan gum in drug release

H Cortes, IH Caballero-Florán… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - cellmolbiol.org
Controlled release is of vital relevance for many drugs; thus, there is a keen interest in
materials that can improve the release profiles of formulations administered via buccal …