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ReviewTopics in current chemistry (Cham)2021

Alginate-Based Smart Materials and Their Application: Recent Advances and Perspectives.

Chandan Maity, Nikita Das

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Review in Topics in current chemistry (Cham), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chandan MaityDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India. chandan.maity@vit.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8963-3175
Nikita DasDepartment of Chemistry, School of Advanced Science (SAS), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.
Vellore Institute of Technology University · IN

Funding

Science and Engineering Research Board SRG/2020/000571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nature produces materials using available molecular building blocks following a bottom-up approach. These materials are formed with great precision and flexibility in a controlled manner. This approach offers the inspiration for manufacturing new artificial materials and devices. Synthetic artificial materials can find many important applications ranging from personalized therapeutics to solutions for environmental problems. Among these materials, responsive synthetic materials are capable of changing their structure and/or properties in response to external stimuli, and hence are termed "smart" materials. Herein, this review focuses on alginate-based smart materials and their stimuli-responsive preparation, fragmentation, and applications in diverse fields from drug delivery and tissue engineering to water purification and environmental remediation. In the first part of this report, we review stimuli-induced preparation of alginate-based materials. Stimuli-triggered decomposition of alginate materials in a controlled fashion is documented in the second part, followed by the application of smart alginate materials in diverse fields. Because of their biocompatibility, easy accessibility, and simple techniques of material formation, alginates can provide solutions for several present and future problems of humankind. However, new research is needed for novel alginate-based materials with new functionalities and well-defined properties for targeted applications.

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AlginatesSmart MaterialsBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsTissue EngineeringAlginatesBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsSmart MaterialsControlled dissolutionHydrogelMacromolecular structuresSmart materialStimuli-responsive

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PMID34812965
OpenAlexW3216324839

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