The excessive use of conventional fertilizers leads to environmental issues associated with
the loss of nutrient through leaching, volatilization, denitrification and surface run-off. Biochar …

In agriculture, there are problems such as the high porosity of soils, high irrigation of water
and low fertilizer retention. Therefore, materials with the ability to absorb a high amount of …

Superabsorbent polymers fabricated via grafting polymerization of acrylic acid from chitosan
(CTS) yields materials that suffer from poor mechanical strength. Hybridization of chitosan …

The bio‐based environment‐friendly functional polymers are the most desired materials for
the society. Thus, a superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) of starch‐modified poly (acrylic acid) …

Superabsorbent polymers (SAP) and modified natural polymer hydrogels are widely and
increasingly used in agriculture, health care textiles, effluent treatment, drug delivery, tissue …

For mitigating environmental pollution caused by excess usage of urea fertilizer, this paper
reports a new fertilizer formulation, based on urea incorporating chitosan (CS) and poly …

Hydrogel, prepared by swelling superabsorbent in a urea solution and used as carrier for
controlled-release, can significantly reduce the leaching losses of urea. Static release …

A superabsorbent, slow release nitrogen fertilizer (SSRNF) was prepared by inverse
suspension polymerization of partially neutralized acrylic acid using N, N′‐methylene …

In this study, the efficiency of fertilizers was improved by coating the fertilizers with a
hydrogel formed by the polymerization of itaconic acid (IA), maleic acid (MA), acrylic acid …

Grafting copolymerization of acrylic acid from chitosan-cellulose hybrid ((CTS/Cell)-g-PAA)
was conducted and the grafting efficiency and crosslinking level were optimized at 86.5 …