Hydrogels are three‐dimensional (3D) crosslinked hydrophilic polymer networks that have
garnered tremendous interests in many fields, including water treatment, energy storage …

Among the various physical forms of chitosan, viz. films, fibres, nanoparticles, gels, sponges,
solution, etc., gels hold the most commercial importance. They are widely used in many …

Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles (PLGA NPs) are well recognized as an ideal drug
delivery carrier for their biocompatibility and biodegradability. In order to overcome the …

Polyampholytes are a class of polymers made up of positively and negatively charged
monomer subunits. Polyampholytes offer a unique tunable set of properties driven by the …

In this work, a novel chitosan-based magnetic adsorbent [poly (2-(dimethylamino) ethyl
methacrylate) grafted magnetic chitosan microspheres, GMCMs] was synthesized by graft …

In this study, carotenoproteins (CPs) were encapsulated in blue crab chitosan-
tripolyphosphate and chitosan-protein isolate nanoparticles by ionotropic gelation and …

Poly (N-hydroxy ethyl acrylamide) was grafted onto chitosan in aqueous acidic medium
using potassium per sulphate initiator to obtain polymer surfaces with blood compatibility for …

Graft polymerization of itaconic acid on tragacanth gum (TG) was carried out using
potassium persulfate as initiator to develop smart hydrogels for drug delivery systems. The …

Natural polymers have received more attention because of their advantages over synthetic
polymers such as abundant availability, low cost, biodegradability and non-toxicity …

A water soluble derivative in 98% yield with 23.1% incorporation of maleoyl groups was
obtained by esterification of agarose with maleic anhydride. Graft copolymers were …