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Polysaccharide-based aerogels—Promising biodegradable carriers for drug delivery systems
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This review focuses on the state-of-the-art of the production of polysaccharide-based aerogels with emphasis on the influence of processing parameters on the resulting end material properties.About:
This article is published in Carbohydrate Polymers.The article was published on 2011-10-15. It has received 594 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug carrier & Drug delivery.read more
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Production of liposomes loaded alginate aerogels using two supercritical CO2 assisted techniques
TL;DR: Two mass transfer resistances in series operated in the overall drug release: one related to liposomes lipidic layers and one due to the presence of the alginate aerogel matrix.
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Hemostatic materials in wound care.
TL;DR: A review of the most commonly used hemostatic materials, including fibrin, collagen, zeolite, gelatin, alginate, chitosan, cellulose and cyanoacrylate, is presented in this paper.
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Mesoporous guar galactomannan based biocomposite aerogels through enzymatic crosslinking Part A Applied science and manufacturing
Abdul Ghafar,Pavel Gurikov,Raman Subrahmanyam,Kirsti Parikka,Maija Tenkanen,Irina Smirnova,Kirsi S. Mikkonen +6 more
TL;DR: Guar galactomannan (GM) was crosslinked using a sustainable enzymatic oxidation approach to form hydrogels, and Nanofibrillated cellulose was used as reinforcement prior to crosslinking.
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Correlating synthesis parameters to morphological entities: Predictive modeling of biopolymer aerogels
Ameya Rege,Imke Preibisch,Maria Schestakow,Kathirvel Ganesan,Pavel Gurikov,Barbara Milow,Irina Smirnova,Mikhail Itskov +7 more
TL;DR: A nonlinear constitutive model based on large deflections in microcell walls of the aerogel network is proposed and is shown to be useful in tailoring the mechanical properties of biopolymer aerogels subject to changes in synthesis parameters.
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Fabrication and biocompatibility of agarose acetate nanofibrous membrane by electrospinning
TL;DR: Experimental results suggested that the AGA based nanofibrous membranes had the great potential application in bone tissue engineering, and there was less inflammatory response.
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A review of chitin and chitosan applications
TL;DR: Chitin is the most abundant natural amino polysaccharide and is estimated to be produced annually almost as much as cellulose, and recent progress in chitin chemistry is quite noteworthy as mentioned in this paper.
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Hydrogels for biomedical applications.
TL;DR: The composition and synthesis of hydrogels, the character of their absorbed water, and permeation of solutes within their swollen matrices are reviewed to identify the most important properties relevant to their biomedical applications.
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Biological interactions between polysaccharides and divalent cations: The egg‐box model
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The Design of Scaffolds for Use in Tissue Engineering. Part I. Traditional Factors
TL;DR: The authors analyze the factors necessary to enhance the design and manufacture of scaffolds for use in tissue engineering in terms of materials, structure, and mechanical properties and review the traditional scaffold fabrication methods.