The current review provides an overview of different types of superabsorbent polymers
(SAPs) together with appropriate strategies elaborated to enable their synthesis. The main …

Alginates have become an extremely important family of polysaccharides because of their
utility in preparing hydrogels at mild pH and temperature conditions, suitable for sensitive …

In recent years, synthetic and semi-synthetic polymer materials have been widely used in
various applications. Especially concerning biomedical applications, their biocompatibility …

In recent years, there has been a growing attempt to manipulate various properties of
biodegradable materials to use them as alternatives to their synthetic plastic counterparts …

This research aimed to synthesize natural polymer nanocomposite and employ it for coupled
adsorption-photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet. Sodium alginate-g-poly (acrylic acid …

Nanoparticles embedded semi-interpenetrating (semi-IPNs) polymeric hydrogels with
enhanced mechanical toughness and biocompatibility could have splendid biomedical …

In pharmacy, semisynthetic antibiotics with beta-lactam ring are the most prominently used
drugs. The use of these drugs for humans and animals is continuously expanding. Their …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

In this research, the graft copolymer of itaconic acid (IA) onto chitosan (CS) was synthesized
in an aqueous medium using ammonium persulfate (APS) as an initiator. Monomer amount …

A series of pH responsive alginate-g-poly (itaconic acid)(NaAlg-g-PIA) microspheres were
prepared as drug delivery matrices of nifedipine cross-linked by glutaraldehyde (GA) in the …