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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Fabrication of alginate microspheres for drug delivery: A review.
TL;DR: Before embarking on the development of any drug delivery system, a thorough understanding of drug release mechanism and factors that impact the drug release profile are essential, which are covered in this review.
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Self-healable macro-/microscopic shape memory hydrogels based on supramolecular interactions
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TL;DR: A simple strategy is provided to construct novel supramolecular hydrogels with both self-healing and shape memory properties, resulting in a hydrogel with the capability of shape memory at the macro-/microscopic scales.
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Advances in Extrusion 3D Bioprinting: A Focus on Multicomponent Hydrogel-Based Bioinks
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TL;DR: Multicomponent hydrogel‐based bioink systems are systemically reviewed based on the inherent nature of the bioink (natural or synthetic hydrogels), including the most current examples demonstrating properties and advances in application of multicomponent bioinks, specifically for extrusion based 3D bioprinting.
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Formation of hydrogels based on chitosan/alginate for the delivery of lysozyme and their antibacterial activity.
TL;DR: A 100% bacterial clearance rate of CS/ALG loaded with lysozyme was observed to correspond to the superposition effect stimulated by CS and ly sozyme, which improved the antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus compared to CS/ ALG, suggesting its potential use in the food industry as well as other applications.
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