Jovanka M. Filipović

TL;DR: In vitro study of P(HEMA/IA) biocompatibility showed no evidence of cell toxicity nor any considerable hemolytic activity, and the microbe penetration test showed that neither Staphylococcus aureus nor Escherichia coli passed through the hydogel dressing; thus the P( HEMA/ IA) dressing could be considered a good barrier against microbes.

TL;DR: The drug release was faster for copolymeric hydrogels with a higher content of itaconic acid and the drug release for TPH as model drug was faster due to a smaller molecular size and a weaker interaction of the TPH molecules with(in) the P(HEMA/IA)Copolymeric networks.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pH-sensitive hydrogel based on chitosan, itaconic acid and methacrylic acid was synthesized in two steps and the results showed that the gels demonstrate substantial change in buffer absorbency with change of pH, low for acid buffers and the higher for pH values above 6 where the swelling is considerably slow.

TL;DR: In this article, a removal of Cu2+ ions from aqueous solutions onto hydrogels of chitosan, itaconic and methacrylic acid has been investigated using batch adsorption technique.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the swelling behavior of copolymer hydrogels of N -isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) and itaconic acid (IA) in response to temperature and pH value of the external media.