Superabsorbent polymers: from long-established, microplastics generating systems, to sustainable, biodegradable and future proof alternatives

J Chen, J Wu, P Raffa, F Picchioni… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) play important roles in our daily life, as they are applied in
products for hygiene, agriculture, construction, etc. The most successful commercially used …

Cellulose-based hydrogel materials: Chemistry, properties and their prospective applications

SMF Kabir, PP Sikdar, B Haque, MAR Bhuiyan… - Progress in …, 2018 - Springer
Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose,
chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge …

Graphite modified sodium alginate hydrogel composite for efficient removal of malachite green dye

A Verma, S Thakur, G Mamba, RK Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, porous sodium alginate/graphite based hybrid hydrogel was fabricated as an
effective adsorbent for organic pollutant. Sodium alginate was modified through graft …

An overview on starch-based sustainable hydrogels: Potential applications and aspects

M Qamruzzaman, F Ahmed, MIH Mondal - Journal of Polymers and the …, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogels are a kind of three dimensional polymeric network system which has a significant
amount of water imbibing capacity despite being soluble in it. Because of the potential …

A mini review on hydrogels classification and recent developments in miscellaneous applications

K Varaprasad, GM Raghavendra, T Jayaramudu… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are composed of three-dimensional smart and/or hungry networks, which do not
dissolve in water but swell considerably in an aqueous medium, demonstrating an …

Classification, processing and application of hydrogels: A review

F Ullah, MBH Othman, F Javed, Z Ahmad… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article aims to review the literature concerning the choice of selectivity for hydrogels
based on classification, application and processing. Super porous hydrogels (SPHs) and …

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 …

Superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) as a soil amendment for drought management: A review

A Saha, S Sekharan, U Manna - Soil and Tillage Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the worst natural disasters that affect the economic, social, and
environmental status of any country. The long-term drought affects the soil ecosystem and …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of hydrogels: A review of patents and commercial products

E Caló, VV Khutoryanskiy - European polymer journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have become very popular due to their unique properties such as high water
content, softness, flexibility and biocompatibility. Natural and synthetic hydrophilic polymers …

Large-area graphene-based nanofiltration membranes by shear alignment of discotic nematic liquid crystals of graphene oxide

A Akbari, P Sheath, ST Martin, DB Shinde… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Graphene-based membranes demonstrating ultrafast water transport, precise molecular
sieving of gas and solvated molecules shows great promise as novel separation platforms; …