Materials which adjust their properties in response to environmental factors such as
temperature, pH and ionic strength are rapidly evolving and known as smart materials …

As swollen polymer networks in water, hydrogels are usually brittle. However, hydrogels with
high toughness play critical roles in many plant and animal tissues as well as in diverse …

The article is a critical review of all aspects of the dissolution of cellulose in NaOH-based
aqueous solutions: from the background properties of the solvent itself, to the mechanisms of …

This review addresses recent progress in cellulose-based hydrogels design and fabrication.
Firstly, hydrogels fabricated directly from native cellulose (including bacterial cellulose) via …

Polysaccharides possessing distinctive properties, such as biocompatibility,
biodegradability, and nontoxicity, are promising matrices for hydrogels. However, the …

Polysaccharides (PSAs) are carbohydrate-based macromolecules widely used in the
biomedical field, either in their pure form or in blends/nanocomposites with other materials …

Graphene-based composite hydrogels have emerged as promising materials with unique
properties due to the incorporation of graphene nanosheets within a hydrogel matrix. This …

In this study, we prepared double cross-linked interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)
hydrogels composed of temperature sensitive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) and …

Ampholytic hydrogels with pH and salt responsive properties have been synthesized by
cross-linking quaternized cellulose (QC) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with …

Polymeric hydrogels are crosslinked networks that form three-dimensional materials,
offering unique tailored properties and diverse applications. Cellulose is a natural …