Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) play important roles in our daily life, as they are applied in
products for hygiene, agriculture, construction, etc. The most successful commercially used …

Hydrogels are composed of three-dimensional smart and/or hungry networks, which do not
dissolve in water but swell considerably in an aqueous medium, demonstrating an …

Hydrogel products constitute a group of polymeric materials, the hydrophilic structure of
which renders them capable of holding large amounts of water in their three-dimensional …

The current review provides an overview of different types of superabsorbent polymers
(SAPs) together with appropriate strategies elaborated to enable their synthesis. The main …

Hydrogels have been widely used in wound healing treatment over the past decade.
Injectable hydrogels have become a major research focus due to their unique advantages …

This review presents data from the past five years on the use of polymeric superabsorbent
hydrogels in agriculture as water and nutrient storage and retention materials, as well as …

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 …

Superabsorbent hydrogels (SAH's) refer to hydrophilic polymer networks (organic or
inorganic), that can absorb and retain huge amounts of water in their three-dimensional …

In this work, eco-friendly superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) films based on cassava starch
(CSt) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) were successfully fabricated and optimized via a one-pot …

Cracking is a major concern in building applications. Cracks may arise from shrinkage,
freeze/thawing and/or structural stresses, amongst others. Several solutions can be found …