Gelatin's versatile functionalization offers prospects of facile and effective crosslinking as
well as combining with other materials (eg, metal nanoparticles, carbonaceous, minerals …

Hydrogels are three-dimensional polymer networks that are hydrophilic and capable of
retaining a large amount of water. Hydrogels also can act as vehicles for the controlled …

Fertilizer plays an important role in maintaining soil fertility, increasing yields and improving
harvest quality. However, a significant portion of fertilizers are lost, increasing agricultural …

Agriculture is an important sector of the economy, but this industry consumes significant
amounts of water, which is a precious and limited natural resource. Irrigation techniques and …

The paper reports new soil conditioner systems obtained by in situ hydrogelation of chitosan
with salicylaldehyde in the presence of urea fertilizer, designed to address both fertilization …

In modern agriculture, fertilizers are the most significant prerequisite to ensure sustainable
crop production, and the intervention of chemical fertilizers has markedly increased crop …

Over the last 20 years, polysaccharide-based materials have garnered attention in the
enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) research. Biodegradability, non-toxicity, water …

Improving the adhesion capability of Metarhizium rileyi ZHKUMR1 on leaves enabled by the
combination with Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMCsingle bondNa) materials is feasible to …

An amorphous cross‐linked binder is prepared from abundant and low‐cost sodium alginate
and carboxymethyl cellulose by protonation and mixing and is used to improve the …

Chitin is a linear polysaccharide of N-acetylglucosamine, which is highly abundant in nature
and mainly produced by marine crustaceans. Chitosan is obtained by hydrolytic …