Cellulose-based hydrogel materials: chemistry, properties and their prospective applications

Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose, chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge proportion of water in the interstitial sites of their structures. These polymers feature many amazing properties such as respon...

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Published in:Progress in biomaterials 2018-09, Vol.7 (3), p.153-174
Main Authors: Kabir, S M Fijul, Sikdar, Partha P., Haque, B., Bhuiyan, M. A. Rahman, Ali, A., Islam, M. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatibility
Biodegradability
Biomaterials
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical materials
Biopolymers
Cellulose
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chitin
Chitosan
Drug delivery
Drug delivery systems
Hydrogels
Hygiene
Industrial applications
Materials Science
Medical devices
Medical electronics
Medical equipment
Organic chemistry
Physiochemistry
Properties (attributes)
Review Paper
Smart materials
Textiles
Tissue engineering
Water absorption
Wound healing
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Summary:Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose, chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge proportion of water in the interstitial sites of their structures. These polymers feature many amazing properties such as responsiveness to pH, time, temperature, chemical species and biological conditions besides a very high-water absorption capacity. Biopolymer hydrogels can be manipulated and crafted for numerous applications leading to a tremendous boom in research during recent times in scientific communities. With the growing environmental concerns and an emergent demand, researchers throughout the globe are concentrating particularly on naturally derived hydrogels due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability and abundance. Cellulose-based hydrogels are considered as useful biocompatible materials to be used in medical devices to treat, augment or replace any tissue, organ, or help function of the body. These hydrogels also hold a great promise for applications in agricultural activity, as smart materials and some other useful industrial purposes. This review offers an overview of the recent and contemporary research regarding physiochemical properties of cellulose-based hydrogels along with their applications in multidisciplinary areas including biomedical fields such as drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing, healthcare and hygienic products as well as in agriculture, textiles and industrial applications as smart materials. Graphical abstract
ISSN:2194-0509
2194-0517
DOI:10.1007/s40204-018-0095-0