Recent insights into polysaccharide-based hydrogels and their potential applications in food sector: A review

A Manzoor, AH Dar, VK Pandey, R Shams… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are ideal for various food applications because of their softness, elasticity,
absorbent nature, flexibility, and hygroscopic nature. Polysaccharide hydrogels are …

[PDF][PDF] Cross-linking in hydrogels-a review

J Maitra, VK Shukla - Am. J. Polym. Sci, 2014 - researchgate.net
Hydrogels represent a class of high water content polymers with physical or chemical
crosslinks. Their physical properties are similar to soft tissues. Cross linking is a stabilization …

An ionically cross-linked composite hydrogel electrolyte based on natural biomacromolecules for sustainable zinc-ion batteries

H Ge, L Qin, B Zhang, L Jiang, Y Tang, B Lu… - Nanoscale …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are regarded as promising power sources for flexible and
biocompatible devices due to their good sustainability and high intrinsic safety. However …

Tuning Zn2+ coordination tunnel by hierarchical gel electrolyte for dendrite-free zinc anode

B Zhang, L Qin, Y Fang, Y Chai, X **e, B Lu, S Liang… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are perceived as one of the most upcoming grid-scale
storage systems. However, the issues of electrode dissolution, dendrite formation, and …

Ion-confinement effect enabled by gel electrolyte for highly reversible dendrite-free zinc metal anode

Y Tang, C Liu, H Zhu, X **e, J Gao, C Deng… - Energy Storage …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aqueous Zn-ion battery (ZIBs) is regarded as the most promising alternative energy
storage system. However, the poor shelf life and restoration capacity caused by dendrite …

Crosslinked ionic polysaccharides for stimuli-sensitive drug delivery

C Alvarez-Lorenzo, B Blanco-Fernandez… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides are gaining increasing attention as components of stimuli-responsive drug
delivery systems, particularly since they can be obtained in a well characterized and …

Hydrogel preparation technologies: relevance kinetics, thermodynamics and scaling up aspects

MM Elsayed - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2019 - Springer
Hydrogels are three-dimensional structure composed of organic resources with lightly cross-
linked having high to very high swelling ability in aqueous solutions. Due to the special …

Alginates: sources, structure, and properties

MS Hasnain, E Jameel, B Mohanta, AK Dhara… - Alginates in drug …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alginates are the natural colloidal polysaccharide group, which are water soluble,
biodegradable, nontoxic, and nonirritant in nature. These are mainly extracted from different …

Alginate-okra gum blend beads of diclofenac sodium from aqueous template using ZnSO4 as a cross-linker

P Sinha, U Ubaidulla, MS Hasnain, AK Nayak… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc (Zn 2+)-ion induced diclofenac sodium (DS)-loaded alginate-okra (Hibiscus
esculentus) gum (OG) blend beads was successfully formulated through Zn 2+-ion induced …

Hydrogels: soft matters in photomedicine

B Khurana, P Gierlich, A Meindl… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a shining beacon in the realm of photomedicine, is a non-
invasive technique that utilizes dye-based photosensitizers (PSs) in conjunction with light …