Engineering nanocellulose hydrogels for biomedical applications

R Curvello, VS Raghuwanshi, G Garnier - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose hydrogels are highly hydrated porous cellulosic soft materials with good
mechanical properties. These cellulose-based gels can be produced from bacterial or plant …

Polymeric hydrogels-based materials for wastewater treatment

M Ahmaruzzaman, P Roy, A Bonilla-Petriciolet… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-cost and reliable wastewater treatment is a relevant issue worldwide to reduce the
concentration of environmental pollutants. Industrial effluents containing dyes, heavy metals …

Advances in colloidal assembly: the design of structure and hierarchy in two and three dimensions

N Vogel, M Retsch, CA Fustin, A Del Campo… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The colloidal domain is characterized by the dimensions of its constituents in the range from
several nanometers to micrometers. Often, these individual entities are organized in …

Granular hydrogels in biofabrication: recent advances and future perspectives

AC Daly - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Granular hydrogels, which are formed by densely packing microgels, are promising
materials for bioprinting due to their extrudability, porosity, and modularity. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced formulation approaches for ocular drug delivery: state-of-the-art and recent patents

EB Souto, J Dias-Ferreira, A López-Machado… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
The eye presents extensive perspectives and challenges for drug delivery, mainly because
of the extraordinary capacity, intrinsic to this path, for drugs to permeate into the main …

Designing biopolymer microgels to encapsulate, protect and deliver bioactive components: Physicochemical aspects

DJ McClements - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Biopolymer microgels have considerable potential for their ability to encapsulate, protect,
and release bioactive components. Biopolymer microgels are small particles (typically 100 …

Biopolymer-based beads for the adsorptive removal of organic pollutants from wastewater: Current state and future perspectives

TS Hamidon, ZN Garba, ZU Zango… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Among biopolymer-based adsorbents, composites in the form of beads have shown
promising results in terms of high adsorption capacity and ease of separation from the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a polysaccharide-based hydrogel drug delivery system (DDS): An update

J Pushpamalar, P Meganathan, HL Tan, NA Dahlan… - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Delivering a drug to the target site with minimal-to-no off-target cytotoxicity is the major
determinant for the success of disease therapy. While the therapeutic efficacy and …

Characterisation of hydrogels: Linking the nano to the microscale

VS Raghuwanshi, G Garnier - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are water enriched soft materials widely used for applications as varied as super
absorbents, breast implants and contact lenses. Hydrogels have also been designed for …