The rapid surge in global energy needs has paved way for the development of various
alternatives to natural resources every now and then. However, dependence on coal-based …

There exists a technological need for advanced materials with improved properties for
emerging biomedical applications. Recent developments in macroporous materials have …

The extracellular matrix is fundamental in providing an appropriate environment for cell
interaction and signaling to occur. Replicating such a matrix is advantageous in the support …

Aerogel technology provides high added-value lightweight materials with outstanding
textural properties (ie, high surface area and open porosity). Aerogels are obtained from wet …

Experimental results on polymer, protein, and composite cryogels and data treatment
methods used for morphological, textural, structural, adsorption and diffusion …

The use of hydrogels as support materials for the growth and proliferation of mammalian
cells has been well documented as they closely mimic the gel-like properties–and in some …

The porous polymer monoliths went a long way since their invention two decades ago.
While the first studies applied the traditional polymerization processes at that time well …

Elastic chitosan–gelatin cryogels of varying concentration of polymer precursors have been
synthesized using glutaraldehyde as a crosslinking agent. The optimum co-polymer ratio of …

Cryogels are polymeric materials formed from monomeric or polymeric precursors in
moderately frozen state by polymerization or crosslinking. The process applied for cryogel …

Advanced polymeric materials and scaffolds are develo** as indispensable candidates for
biomedical applications. Cryogels, which are hydrogels synthesised under sub-zero …