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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Nano based drug delivery systems: recent developments and future prospects
Jayanta Kumar Patra,Gitishree Das,Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto,Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto,Estefania Vangelie Ramos Campos,Estefania Vangelie Ramos Campos,Maria del Pilar Rodriguez-Torres,Laura Susana Acosta-Torres,Luis A. Diaz-Torres,Renato Grillo,Mallappa Kumara Swamy,Shivesh Sharma,Solomon Habtemariam,Han-Seung Shin +13 more
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Designing hydrogels for controlled drug delivery.
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Alginate derivatization: a review of chemistry, properties and applications.
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TL;DR: Progress towards controlled synthesis of alginate derivatives, and the properties and applications of these derivatives are reviewed.
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3D Bioprinting Human Chondrocytes with Nanocellulose-Alginate Bioink for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Applications
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TL;DR: A bioink that combines the outstanding shear thinning properties of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) with the fast cross-linking ability of alginate with the potential use of nanocellulose for 3D bioprinting of living tissues and organs is formulated.
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