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 …

Recent advances of magnetic chitosan hydrogel: Preparation, properties and applications

Y Niu, J Wu, Y Kang, P Sun, Z Xiao, D Zhao - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnetic chitosan hydrogels are organic-inorganic composite material with the
characteristics of both magnetic materials and natural polysaccharides. Due to its …

Hydrogel as an alternative structure for food packaging systems

RA Batista, PJP Espitia, JSS Quintans, MM Freitas… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic networks, comprising polymeric chains linked
through physical or chemical bonds. In the area of food, hydrogels have great potential to be …

Superabsorbent hydrogel composites and nanocomposites: a review

K Kabiri, H Omidian, MJ Zohuriaan‐Mehr… - Polymer …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Superabsorbent polymers are hydrophilic networks that can absorb and retain huge
amounts of water or aqueous solutions. They are currently used in many areas including …

[HTML][HTML] Superabsorbent hydrogel composite made of cellulose nanofibrils and chitosan-graft-poly (acrylic acid)

C Spagnol, FHA Rodrigues, AGB Pereira… - Carbohydrate …, 2012 - Elsevier
Superabsorbent hydrogel composites based on cellulose nanofibrils and chitosan-graft-poly
(acrylic acid) copolymer were developed in this work. The FTIR data showed that the …

Magnetic-responsive polysaccharide hydrogels as smart biomaterials: Synthesis, properties, and biomedical applications

EH Fragal, VH Fragal, EP Silva, AT Paulino… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review reports recent advances in polysaccharide-based magnetic hydrogels as smart
platforms for different biomedical applications. These hydrogels have proved to be excellent …

Structure and dynamics of hydrogels and organogels: An NMR spectroscopy approach

YE Shapiro - Progress in Polymer Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Hydrogels and organogels are semi-solid systems, in which a liquid phase is immobilized by
a three-dimensional network composed of self-assembled, intertwined polymer/gelator …

Effect of magnetite on the adsorption behavior of Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cu (II) in chitosan-based hydrogels

AT Paulino, LA Belfiore, LT Kubota, EC Muniz… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, a chitosan-based hydrogel, graft-copolymerized with
methylenebisacrylamide and poly (acrylic acid),(ie, CS-co-MMB-co-PAA), was employed in …

Facile one-pot synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles cross-linked magnetic poly (vinyl alcohol) gel beads for drug delivery

L Zhou, B He, F Zhang - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this paper, a facile one-pot strategy for scalable synthesis of robust magnetic poly (vinyl
alcohol)(mPVA) gel beads is developed. Through dropwise addition of mixed aqueous …

Chitosan-based hydrogels for the sorption of metals and dyes in water: Isothermal, kinetic, and thermodynamic evaluations

T Vieira, SES Artifon, CT Cesco, PB Vilela… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to evaluate a chitosan-based hydrogel and
chitosan/magnetite-based composite hydrogel as potential matrices for water treatment …