Polysaccharide is an abundant and reproducible natural material that is biocompatible and
biodegradable. Polysaccharide and its derivatives also possess distinctive properties such …

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 …

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 …

Hydrogels prepared from natural polymers have captured extensive attention over the past
decades because of their exceptional biocompatibility and nontoxicity, ease of gelation, and …

Chitin, as the second abundant biopolymers on earth after cellulose, has been used for
synthesis of hydrogels in a wide range of applications due to its biocompatibility …

Over the last few decades, hydrogels have attracted the considerable interest of researchers
for crafting potential controlled drug delivery systems. It may be attributed to their high water …

Embedding magnetic nanoparticles into soft host media offers the opportunity to externally
control material properties via a magnetic field. Choosing a hydrogel as the host medium …

Globally, cancer is amongst the most deadly diseases due to the low efficiency of the
conventional and obsolete chemotherapeutic methodologies and their many downsides …

A fertilizer delivery system based on chitosan (Ch) or chitosan/montmorillonite clay (Ch/MMt)
was developed by spray drying technique using 2-fluid (2FN) and 3-fluid (3FN) nozzles. 2FN …

This study reports the preparation of microspheres of pectin and magnetite nanoparticles
coated by chitosan to encapsulate and deliver drugs. Magnetic-pectin microspheres were …