Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
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This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.read more
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An alginate film-based degradable triboelectric nanogenerator
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Extraction and characterization of an alginate from the Iranian brown seaweed Nizimuddinia zanardini.
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TL;DR: Rheological properties of solutions of this alginate with concentrations between 1 and 5% (w/v) in water and 0.5 M NaCl were investigated indicating a Newtonian fluid type behaviour inWater and a shear thinning fluidtype behaviour in NaCl solutions.
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Recent advances of biomaterials in biotherapy.
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Enzymatic, physicochemical and biological properties of MMP-sensitive alginate hydrogels
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TL;DR: Protease-sensitive alginates can be used to create cell-responsive 3D microenvironments and offer promise as injectable carriers for therapeutic hMSC-delivery.
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