Hydrogel materials for sustainable water resources harvesting & treatment: Synthesis, mechanism and applications

Z Zhang, H Fu, Z Li, J Huang, Z Xu, Y Lai, X Qian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, with the development of global industry and the increase of
population, the shortage of freshwater resources has prompted people to conduct in-depth …

Recent trends in organic coating based on biopolymers and biomass for controlled and slow release fertilizers

S Fertahi, M Ilsouk, Y Zeroual, A Oukarroum… - Journal of controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growth of the human population is causing an exponential increase in the need for food.
Fertilizers are one of the most important elements to meet this increased demand and to …

[HTML][HTML] Materials diversity of hydrogel: Synthesis, polymerization process and soil conditioning properties in agricultural field

M Rizwan, SR Gilani, AI Durani, S Naseem - Journal of advanced research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The cumulative influence of global warming, climate abrupt changes, growing
population, topsoil erosion is becoming a threatening alarm for facing food challenges and …

Guar gum and its composites as potential materials for diverse applications: A review

G Sharma, S Sharma, A Kumar, H Ala'a… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring polymers are currently of prime importance among which
polysaccharides occupies superior position due to their easy availability, eco-friendly and …

A review on latest innovations in natural gums based hydrogels: Preparations & applications

S Ahmad, M Ahmad, K Manzoor, R Purwar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prospective uses of natural gum polysaccharides in various aspects of food, water,
energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have garnered a great deal of …

Design and development of guar gum based novel, superabsorbent and moisture retaining hydrogels for agricultural applications

N Thombare, S Mishra, MZ Siddiqui, U Jha… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
The novel hydrogels were synthesized by grafting guar gum with acrylic acid and cross-
linking with ethylene glycol di methacrylic acid (EGDMA). The synthesis of hydrogel was …

Ultraflexible self-healing guar gum-glycerol hydrogel with injectable, antifreeze, and strain-sensitive properties

X Pan, Q Wang, D Ning, L Dai, K Liu, Y Ni… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recently, flexible, injectable, and strain-sensitive hydrogels have attracted great research
interest for application as electronic skin and wearable strain sensors. The synergistic …

[HTML][HTML] Polysaccharide based superabsorbent hydrogels and their methods of synthesis: A review

MA Qureshi, N Nishat, S Jadoun, MZ Ansari - … Polymer Technologies and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the emergence of a new concept “superabsorbent polymer” also referred as “slush
powder” in 1950s, considerable interest and rapid progress have been put by scientist and …

Guar gum: Versatile natural polymer for drug delivery applications

A George, PA Shah, PS Shrivastav - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Guar gum a non-ionic polysaccharide obtained from the seeds of Cyamopsis tetragonolobus
of the Leguminosae family is found abundantly in nature. It finds extensive use in a variety of …

In situ forming alginate/gelatin hybrid hydrogels containing doxorubicin loaded chitosan/AuNPs nanogels for the local therapy of breast cancer

AA Ziaei, H Erfan-Niya, M Fathi… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, pH-sensitive in situ gelling hydrogels based on oxidized alginate and gelatin-
containing doxorubicin (DOX) loaded chitosan/gold nanoparticles (CS/AuNPs) nanogels …