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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.
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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.

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Pulmonary drug delivery with aerogels: engineering of alginate and alginate-hyaluronic acid microspheres

TL;DR: In this article, the aerogel technology was used to prepare pulmonary drug carriers consisting of alginate and alginates-hyaluronic acid by an emulsion gelation technique and supercritical CO2 drying.
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Fabrication of porous chitin with continuous substructure by regeneration from gel with CaBr2·2H2O/methanol

TL;DR: Scanning electron microscopic results supported that the fabrication of porous chitins with continuous channel substructure by regeneration from gels with CaBr2·2H2O/methanol solution consisted of continuous substructures of porous channels.
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Cellulose aerogel particles: control of particle and textural properties in jet cutting process

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of spherical cellulose beads with high production rates (0.7-4.1 kg/h of hydrogel) via the so-called jet cutting method was reported.
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Effect of Ethanol on the Textural Properties of Whey Protein and Egg White Protein Hydrogels during Water-Ethanol Solvent Exchange

TL;DR: It was found that the solvent exchange influences the ion concentration within the gels and, therefore, the interactions between molecules in the gel structure.
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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

TL;DR: It is shown that spedfic binding of divalent cations to a polysaechafide polyelectro]ym, leading firm cohesion between the chains, can cause characteristic effects in the c~rcutar diehroism spectrum which are understandabb in terms of modem theo~, [ l ].
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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.
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