Hydrogels are materials with advantages in specific applications, such as, retention of food
active compounds. This work aims to develop starch (S)/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) …

Several aquatic macrophytes such as Colocasia esculenta, Eleocharis dulcis, Nelumbo
nucifera, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Trapa bispinosa, and Typha angustifolia possessed …

The asymmetric nature of Janus particles made from synthetic polymers gives them
intriguing properties that have found applications in a wide variety of fields, such as drug …

The critical micelle concentration (CMC) for a series of cationic surfactants N-
Alkyltrimethylammonium ie (CnTAC, n= 12, 14, 16, 18) have been determined by electrical …

Mixing potato starch (PSS) with sodium starch glycolate (SSG) and silica nanoparticles
(SiO2) substantially controls its swelling and mechanical behavior. Therefore, starch-starch …

A combination of UV spectroscopy and turbidity techniques were used in this work to
examine the effects of pH and salt (type and concentration) on the bulk and interfacial …

Using synthetic polymers in clarifying of turbid wastewater is a very expensive method, in
addition to their monomers toxicity produced from the polymerisation reaction. Those …

The high cost of using synthetic polymers such as polyacrylamides in the water purification
process, and their monomers toxicity produced from the polymer synthesis encouraged …

Because of their tunable physical and chemical properties, bio-polymeric hydrogels have
attracted increasing attention in biomaterials research because they can be used as a …

Starches (S) are known as an unsuitable material for most applications and, thus chemical
or physical modification must be done to improve their encouraging characteristics in water …