Heavy metals pollution of both surface and groundwater sources of sub-Saharan Africa is
alarmingly increased due to unplanned urban populations. Inadequate policies for water …

This study synthesized new cellulose-based hydrogels, namely cellulose and cellulose/poly
acrylic acid, using cellulose extracted from rice straw via alkaline and acidic pulping …

Salinity affects over 33% of irrigated farmland globally. Developing a low-cost, safe, and
effective material as a soil salinity mitigation option would be of significant importance. This …

The development of an efficient and convenient material to improve skin tissue regeneration
is a major challenge in healthcare. Inspired by the theory of moist wound healing, portable …

An attempt to prepare a conductive hydrogel from recyclable and renewable resource as
wastepaper was made. The suspension of a laboratory-made graphene oxide (GO) was …

This article aims to bring to light a relatively new strategy to ameliorate some problems that
the agricultural sector faces in the current situation at a global level, such as water scarcity …

Superabsorbent polymer is a water absorbing polymer which absorbs and holds large
amount of water where it is widely used in agriculture and in incontinent pads. In earlier …