Recent advancement of biopolymers and their potential biomedical applications

MC Biswas, B Jony, PK Nandy, RA Chowdhury… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, the advantages of biopolymers over conventional plastic polymers are
unprecedented, provided that they are used in situations in which they raise the functionality …

Designing smart polymer conjugates for controlled release of payloads

F Seidi, R Jenjob, D Crespy - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Incorporating labile bonds inside polymer backbone and side chains yields interesting
polymer materials that are responsive to change of environmental stimuli. Drugs can be …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in natural gum-based biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: A review

R Mohammadinejad, A Kumar, M Ranjbar-Mohammadi… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The engineering of tissues under a three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment is a great
challenge and needs a suitable supporting biomaterial-based scaffold that may facilitate cell …

Use of microwave irradiation in the grafting modification of the polysaccharides–A review

V Singh, P Kumar, R Sanghi - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are a natural and renewable feed stock for synthesizing high performance
macromolecular materials. A popular, versatile and convenient route to develop …

Chemical modification of xanthan gum through graft copolymerization: Tailored properties and potential applications in drug delivery and wastewater treatment

B Maji, S Maiti - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Xanthan gum (XG) possesses numerous hydroxyl groups, which are the focal points for graft
copolymerization of synthetic monomers. A detailed mechanism of graft copolymerization is …

pH-and electro-response characteristics of bacterial cellulose nanofiber/sodium alginate hybrid hydrogels for dual controlled drug delivery

X Shi, Y Zheng, G Wang, Q Lin, J Fan - RSC advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, hybrid hydrogels composed of bacterial cellulose nanofibers (nf-BC) and
sodium alginate (SA) were prepared as a dual-stimuli responsive release system. The pH …

Micellization of synthetic and polysaccharides-based graft copolymers in aqueous media

LI Atanase, J Desbrieres, G Riess - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
This review highlights recent advances in the micellization of synthetic graft copolymers and
those based on natural precursors, particularly polysaccharides. Synthesis and …

Flocculation properties of polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl guar gum (CMG-g-PAM) synthesised by conventional and microwave assisted method

S Pal, S Ghorai, MK Dash, S Ghosh… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
A novel polymeric flocculant based on polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl guar gum
(CMG-g-PAM) has been synthesised by grafting polyacrylamide chains onto CMG backbone …

Polysaccharide-containing block copolymers: Synthesis and applications

AS Volokhova, KJ Edgar, JB Matson - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polysaccharide-based block copolymers have been studied since the early 1960s and
command growing interest due to the increasing importance of sustainable materials …

Swelling, mechanical and mucoadhesion properties of Mt/starch-g-PMAA nanocomposite hydrogels

MA Güler, MK Gök, AK Figen, S Özgümüş - Applied Clay Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Novel mucoadhesive montmorillonite/starch-graft-poly (methacrylic acid) nanocomposite
hydrogels (Mt/Sg-PMAA) based on gelatinized wheat starch, an anionic monomer …