Biodegradable Cellulose-based Hydrogels: Design and Applications

By A. Sannino, Christian Demitri, M. Madaghiele. Materials, 2009

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Hydrogels are macromolecular networks able to absorb and release water solutions in a reversible manner, in response to specific environmental stimuli. Such stimuli-sensitive behaviour makes hydrogels appealing for the design of ‘smart’ devices, applicable in a variety of technological fields. In particular, in cases where either ecological or biocompatibility issues are concerned, the biodegradability of the hydrogel network, together with the control of the degradation rate, may provide additional value to the developed device. This review surveys the design and the applications of cellulose-based hydrogels, which are extensively investigated due to the large availability of cellulose in nature, the intrinsic degradability of cellulose and the smart behaviour displayed by some cellulose derivatives.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine

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In Biomaterials

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2. M. Madaghiele
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Citations in the corpus

• Potential of Cellulose-Based Superabsorbent Hydrogels as Water Reservoir in Agriculture (2013, background): “Additionally, the hydrogel can be loaded with small molecules, for example, nutrients, to be released in a controlled manner, depending on swelling-deswelling transitions [13].”
• pH Sensitive Hydrogels in Drug Delivery: Brief History, Properties, Swelling, and Release Mechanism, Material Selection and Applications (2017, background): “Cellulose itself is insoluble in water but its derivatives like carboxymethyl cellulose or its sodium salt is water soluble and is suitable for pH sensitive hydrogel formation [88].”
• Superabsorbent polymers in agriculture and other applications: a review (2019, neutral): “Cellulose based hydrogels have been mostly used for this application.([75,76]) ● Biosensors – Because of the highly open structure”