Superabsorbent hydrogels based on polysaccharides for application in agriculture as soil conditioner and nutrient carrier: A review

MR Guilherme, FA Aouada, AR Fajardo… - European Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Superabsorbent hydrogels (SH) continue being a very important issue in both academic and
industrial fields due to their applications in several technologies. This is proved by the …

Oxidoreductase‐initiated radical polymerizations to design hydrogels and micro/nanogels: mechanism, molding, and applications

X Wang, S Chen, D Wu, Q Wu, Q Wei, B He… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their 3D cross‐linked networks and tunable physicochemical properties, polymer
hydrogels with different sizes are applied widely in tissue engineering, drug‐delivery …

Synthesis and Characterization of Chemically Cross‐Linked Acrylic Acid/Gelatin Hydrogels: Effect of pH and Composition on Swelling and Drug Release

SMH Bukhari, S Khan, M Rehanullah… - … Journal of Polymer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This present work was aimed at synthesizing pH‐sensitive cross‐linked AA/Gelatin
hydrogels by free radical polymerization. Ammonium persulfate and ethylene glycol …

Starch and itaconic acid-based superabsorbent hydrogels for agricultural application

A Bora, N Karak - European Polymer Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Biobased superabsorbent is considered as an interesting polymeric material with excellent
water absorption capacity. It can act as an active agent carrier and soil conditioner along …

A study on adsorption behavior of newly synthesized banana pseudo-stem derived superabsorbent hydrogels for cationic and anionic dye removal from effluents

K Bello, BK Sarojini, B Narayana, A Rao… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, an environmentally benign superabsorbent hydrogel based on banana pseudo-
stem has been synthesized by free radical graft co-polymerization of sodium acrylate (NaAc) …

Cross-linked xanthan gum–starch hydrogels as promising materials for controlled drug delivery

S Sethi, Saruchi, BS Kaith, M Kaur, N Sharma, V Kumar - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
The work was intended to develop a novel acrylic acid grafted hydrogel by chemical
crosslinking of xanthan gum and starch under microwave irradiation. The swelling capacity …

Biodegradable hydrogels of tragacanth gum polysaccharide to improve water retention capacity of soil and environment-friendly controlled release of agrochemicals

V Kumar, H Mittal, SM Alhassan - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work reports the synthesis of lipase enzyme catalyzed biodegradable hydrogel
interpenetrating polymer network (hydrogel-IPN) of natural gum polysaccharide ie gum …

Water retention and dye adsorption behavior of Gg-cl-poly (acrylic acid-aniline) based conductive hydrogels

K Sharma, BS Kaith, V Kumar, S Kalia, V Kumar… - Geoderma, 2014 - Elsevier
Investigation on water retention and dye adsorption behavior of Gg-cl-poly (acrylic acid-
aniline) conducting hydrogel has been studied. In this study, a novel poly (acrylic acid …

Investigations on Amphoteric Chitosan/TiO2 Bionanocomposites for Application in Visible Light Induced Photocatalytic Degradation

M Bahal, N Kaur, N Sharotri… - Advances in Polymer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The present investigation reports the greener synthesis and characterization of novel acrylic
acid grafted amphoteric chitosan/TiO2 (CAT) bionanocomposites using ultrasonic radiations …

Synthesis and characterisation of zinc oxide modified biorenewable polysaccharides based sustainable hydrogel nanocomposite for Hg2+ ion removal: Towards a …

S Thakur, B Sharma, A Thakur, VK Gupta… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Industrial metal ion pollution has been considered the chief source of water contaminants all
over the world. In the present research, we have prepared gum tragacanth cross-linked 2 …