S M Fijul Kabir, Partha Sikdar, Bazle Z. Haque, M. A. Rahman Bhuiyan et al.
Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose, chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge proportion of water in the interstitial sites of their structures. These polymers feature many amazing properties such as respon...
Partha Sikdar, Md Mazbah Uddin, Tanvir Mahady Dip, Shafiqul Islam et al.
Understanding the surrounding atmosphere and reacting accordingly with a precise action are always fascinating features of a material.
Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal
Muhammad Suhail, Jessica M. Rosenholm, Muhammad Usman Minhas, Syed Faisal Badshah et al.
Nanogels have attracted considerable attention as nanoscopic drug carriers, particularly for site-specific or time-controlled delivery of bioactive mediators. A high diversity of polymer systems and the simple modification of their physicochemical features have provided multipurpose forms of nanogel...
Md. Qamruzzaman, Firoz Ahmed, Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal
Peng Wang, Guohua Deng, Lanying Zhou, Zhiyong Li et al.
Excellent mechanical properties and remarkable self-healing ability are difficult to unify in one hydrogel. We integrated acylhydrazone bonds and Pluronic F127 (PF127) micelle cross-linking, as two kinds of dynamic cross-links, in one system and developed hydrogels with superior stretchability, high...
Neha Raina, Rakesh Pahwa, Jaydeep Bhattacharya, Alok Kumar Paul et al.
Hydrogels are a promising and attractive option as polymeric gel networks, which have immensely fascinated researchers across the globe because of their outstanding characteristics such as elevated swellability, the permeability of oxygen at a high rate, good biocompatibility, easy loading, and drug...
Mengmeng Kang, Olayinka Oderinde, Shunli Liu, Qianqian Huang et al.
Since redox-responsive hydrogels have a wide range of applications especially in biochemistry, such as drug release and biosensors, a kind of redox-responsive hydrogel was fabricated based on iron which has two stable oxidation states, while xanthan gum (XG) was selected as a matrix. In this work, c...
Ashraful Alam, Qingshi Meng, Ge Shi, Sherif Arabi et al.
Bohan Yin, Monika Gosecka, Mahdi Bodaghi, Daniel Crespy et al.
Hydrogels have emerged in various biomedical applications, including tissue engineering and medical devices, due to their ability to imitate the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) of tissues. However, conventional static hydrogels lack the ability to dynamically respond to changes in their surroundi...
Md. Mahamudul Hasan Rumon, Anwarul Azim Akib, Stephen Don Sarkar, Md. Abu Rayhan Khan et al.
In recent years, numerous applications of hydrogels using polysaccharides have evolved, benefiting from their widespread availability, excellent biodegradability, biocompatibility, and nonpoisonous nature. These natural polymers are typically sourced from renewable materials or from manufacturing pr...
Mozammel Hoque, Md Masruck Alam, Sungrok Wang, Jahid Uz Zaman et al.
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Abdus Shahid, Md. Tanvir Hossaın, Md. Sohan Sheikh et al.
Alginate, a naturally sourced bio-polymer derived mainly from brown seaweed, has gained incredible attention due to its versatile properties and wide range of applications. This review outlines alginate regarding sources, extraction methods, classifications, and critical characteristics. The critica...
Shishan Xue, Yuanpeng Wu, Guanfei Liu, Meiling Guo et al.
A hierarchically reversible crosslinked hydrogel has been designed with excellent mechanical properties, efficient self-healability and double-driven shape memory effect (pH, Ca<sup>2+</sup>). A soft catcher actuator was constructed, which could catch a plastic fish in Ca<sup>2+</sup> solution.
Md. Mahamudul Hasan Rumon, Anwarul Azim Akib, Fahmida Sultana, Md. Moniruzzaman et al.
Polymeric hydrogels have drawn considerable attention as a biomedical material for their unique mechanical and chemical properties, which are very similar to natural tissues. Among the conventional hydrogel materials, self-healing hydrogels (SHH) are showing their promise in biomedical applications ...