Porous hydrogels: Present challenges and future opportunities

R Foudazi, R Zowada, I Manas-Zloczower, DL Feke - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this feature article, we critically review the physical properties of porous hydrogels and
their production methods. Our main focus is nondense hydrogels that have physical pores …

A review on the design and hydration properties of natural polymer-based hydrogels

AH Karoyo, LD Wilson - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are hydrophilic 3D networks that are able to ingest large amounts of water or
biological fluids, and are potential candidates for biosensors, drug delivery vectors, energy …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

A review on latest innovations in natural gums based hydrogels: Preparations & applications

S Ahmad, M Ahmad, K Manzoor, R Purwar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prospective uses of natural gum polysaccharides in various aspects of food, water,
energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have garnered a great deal of …

A 3D printed chitosan-pectin hydrogel wound dressing for lidocaine hydrochloride delivery

J Long, AE Etxeberria, AV Nand, CR Bunt, S Ray… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A chitosan-pectin (CS-PEC) biopolymeric hydrogel wound dressing was
investigated for lidocaine delivery. Here we demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of …

Design considerations for hydrogel wound dressings: strategic and molecular advances

RC Op't Veld, XF Walboomers, JA Jansen… - … Engineering Part B …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Wound dressings are traditionally used to protect a wound and to facilitate healing.
Currently, their function is expanding. There is an urgent need for new smart products that …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogel: Preparation, characterization, and applications: A review

EM Ahmed - Journal of advanced research, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydrogel products constitute a group of polymeric materials, the hydrophilic structure of
which renders them capable of holding large amounts of water in their three-dimensional …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

Ingestible hydrogel device

X Liu, C Steiger, S Lin, GA Parada, J Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Devices that interact with living organisms are typically made of metals, silicon, ceramics,
and plastics. Implantation of such devices for long-term monitoring or treatment generally …

[HTML][HTML] Novel gastroretentive floating pulsatile drug delivery system produced via hot-melt extrusion and fused deposition modeling 3D printing

N Reddy Dumpa, S Bandari, M A. Repka - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study was performed to develop novel core-shell gastroretentive floating pulsatile drug
delivery systems using a hot-melt extrusion-paired fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D …