Alginate-Based Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine Applications
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Alginate is a natural polysaccharide exhibiting excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, having many different applications in the field of biomedicine. Alginate is readily processable for applicable three-dimensional scaffolding materials such as hydrogels, microspheres, microcapsules, sponges, foams and fibers. Alginate-based biomaterials can be utilized as drug delivery systems and cell carriers for tissue engineering. Alginate can be easily modified via chemical and physical reactions to obtain derivatives having various structures, properties, functions and applications. Tuning the structure and properties such as biodegradability, mechanical strength, gelation property and cell affinity can be…
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- 35.27
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- 100%
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- 150
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2Topics & keywords
- Biocompatibility
- Drug delivery
- Tissue engineering
- Materials science
- Self-healing hydrogels
- Regenerative medicine
- Scaffold
- Biodegradation