Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) materials are hydrophilic networks that can absorb and
retain huge amounts of WATER or aqueous solutions. They can uptake WATER as high as …

Superporous hydrogels (SPHs) are different from superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) in that
SPHs swell fast, within minutes, to the equilibrium swollen state regardless of their size. The …

Superabsorbent hydrogels (SHs) have been used in many fields in recent years. Also
chitosan-based superabsorbent hydrogels have attracted great attention because of the …

An important application of starch grafted with copolymers from unsaturated organic acids is
the use as water absorbent. Although much research has been published in recent years …

A novel superabsorbent hydrogel composed of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and sodium
alginate (Na-Alg) was prepared by using methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking …

A new cost‐effective approach to enhance gel strength of superabsorbent hydrogels was
invented. Superabsorbent hydrogel composites (SHCs) were prepared through an …

A novel carboxymethylchitosan-g-poly (acrylic acid)(CMCTS-g-PAA) superabsorbent
polymer was prepared through graft polymerization of acrylic acid onto the chain of …

Superabsorbent polymers have been prepared by inverse suspension and solution
polymerisation techniques using different acrylic monomer compositions and different …

Medical Textile Materials provides the latest information on technical textiles and how they
have found a wide range of medical applications, from wound dressings and sutures, to …

For a physical measurement instrument different requirements have to be fulfilled such as its
insensitivity to uncontrollable environmental parameters and its stability. On the other hand …