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Novel Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum – Synthesis and Characterization Cover

Novel Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum – Synthesis and Characterization

Open Access
|May 2020

Abstract

Due to their interesting features, hydrogels are attracting growing interest in the polymer materials market. Therefore, many studies are currently conducted to characterize these materials and to modify them in order to increase the range of their potential use. In the presented article, hydrogels based on acrylic acid and chitosan and modified with xanthan gum were obtained by photopolymerization. Their swelling ability and behaviour in solutions that simulate fluids in the human body were determined. The effect of incubation in various fluids on the chemical structure of the synthesized materials was characterized using spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, the surface morphology of the attained materials was characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.006.10046 | Journal eISSN: 2353-737X | Journal ISSN: 0011-4561
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 91
Submitted on: Oct 19, 2018
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Published on: May 16, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Bożena Tyliszczak, Sonia Kudłacik-Kramarczyk, Anna Drabczyk, Magdalena Głąb, published by Cracow University of Technology
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