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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Fibre-based scaffolding techniques for tendon tissue engineering.
TL;DR: The techniques that have been used to assemble fibres into scaffolds for tendon TE application were reviewed and the morphological structures, mechanical properties, materials, degradation characteristics, and biological activities of the induced scaffolds were compared.
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3D printing to innovate biopolymer materials for demanding applications: A review
TL;DR: A comprehensive survey of the latest literature in 3D-printing technology for materials from biopolymers such as polysaccharides and proteins is presented in this paper, where the most commonly used 3D printing techniques (i.e., inkjet printing, extrusion-based printing, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, and binder jetting) in biomedical and food fields are discussed.
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Comparison of polysaccharide fouling in forward osmosis and reverse osmosis separations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared membrane fouling by different commercially available polysaccharides (alginate, a commonly used model, as well as xanthan and pullulan) and naturally adherent marine bacteria.
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Hybrid cellulose nanocrystal/alginate/gelatin scaffold with improved mechanical properties and guided wound healing
TL;DR: In vivo skin regeneration experiments showed an improved skin wound healing process with accelerated re-epithelialization, increased collagen deposition and faster extracellular matrix remodeling, suggesting that the SA/Ge/CNC hybrid scaffold with enhanced mechanical performance and wound healing efficacy was a promising biomaterial for skin defect regeneration.
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Chitosan-calcium alginate dressing promotes wound healing: A preliminary study.
Wan-Yi Zhao,Qing-Qing Fang,Xiao-Feng Wang,Xiao-Wei Wang,Tao Zhang,Bang-Hui Shi,Bin Zheng,Ding-Ding Zhang,Yan-Yan Hu,Lie Ma,Wei-Qiang Tan +10 more
TL;DR: CCAD is a better choice in wound care due to its antibacterial property, biocompatibility, moisture retention, healing promotion, and non‐cytotoxicity characteristics.
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