This book presents an overview of recent and emerging additive manufacturing (AM)
techniques and their applications. It explains several of the processes developed using …

With approximately 250 000 marine species, the ocean is a vast reservoir of biodiversity and
an abundant biological resource of natural polymers. The wide variety, renewable nature …

Core-shell structured hydrogels consisting of a flexible interpenetrating polymer network
(IPN) core and a rigid semi-IPN shell were prepared through chemical crosslinking of …

A thermoresponsive Pluronic/alginate semisynthetic hydrogel is used to bioprint 3D hepatic
constructs, with the aim to investigate liver‐specific metabolic activity of the 3D constructs …

This work focuses on the preparation of composite beads from alginate crosslinked with
copper at several loading percent and also loaded with ZnNPs. Th obtained samples were …

Calcium alginate hydrogel beads have been widely studied as a carrier matrix for the
delivery of food and pharmaceutical compounds. Typically, calcium alginate beads have a …

Curcumin, a bioactive compound derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, has gained
widespread attention for its potential therapeutic properties, including anti-inflammatory …

The incorrect use of conventional drugs for both prevention and control of intestinal
infections has contributed to a significant spread of bacterial resistance. In this way, studies …

This study was undertaken for the microencapsulation of Lactobacillus plantarum NCDC201
and L. casei NCDC297 into double alginate coatings. Microencapsulated probiotics showed …

The introduction of colloidal principles that enable efficient microplastic collection from
aquatic environments is a goal of great environmental importance. Here, we present a novel …