"Supercritical carbon dioxide in water" emulsion-templated synthesis of porous calcium alginate hydrogels

School of Engineering

Text available via DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200501423
Final published version

Keywords

Absorption, Acidity, Carbon dioxide, Drug dosage, Emulsions, Supercritical fluids, Synthesis (chemical), Macropore sizes, Polymeric networks, Tissue engineering, Water emulsion-templated synthesis, Hydrogels

View graph of relations

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

"Supercritical carbon dioxide in water" emulsion-templated synthesis of porous calcium alginate hydrogels. / Partap, S.; Rehman, I.; Jones, J.R. et al.
In: Advanced Materials, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2006, p. 501-504.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Bibtex

@article{f2e5f9f40cc84370b1ab415b716b8ff8,

title = "{"}Supercritical carbon dioxide in water{"} emulsion-templated synthesis of porous calcium alginate hydrogels",

abstract = "Supercritical carbon dioxide in water emulsion-templated synthesis of porous alginate hydrogels with a narrow range of macropore sizes was investigated. Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) polymeric networks capable of absorbing large quantities of water and are widely used in the biomedical fields as drug-delivery devices, wound dressings and scaffolds for tissue-engineering. The CO2 was used as a reagent increasing the acidity of aqueous phase and a templating agent. Results show that the reactive emulsion templating (RET) hydrogels were reversible under certain conditions, when left exposed to the atmosphere the CO2 escapes from the hydrogels and the alginate structure destabilizes within 48 hours.",

keywords = "Absorption, Acidity, Carbon dioxide, Drug dosage, Emulsions, Supercritical fluids, Synthesis (chemical), Macropore sizes, Polymeric networks, Tissue engineering, Water emulsion-templated synthesis, Hydrogels",

author = "S. Partap and I. Rehman and J.R. Jones and J.A. Darr",

year = "2006",

doi = "10.1002/adma.200501423",

language = "English",

volume = "18",

pages = "501--504",

journal = "Advanced Materials",

issn = "0935-9648",

publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",

number = "4",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - "Supercritical carbon dioxide in water" emulsion-templated synthesis of porous calcium alginate hydrogels

AU - Partap, S.

AU - Rehman, I.

AU - Jones, J.R.

AU - Darr, J.A.

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Supercritical carbon dioxide in water emulsion-templated synthesis of porous alginate hydrogels with a narrow range of macropore sizes was investigated. Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) polymeric networks capable of absorbing large quantities of water and are widely used in the biomedical fields as drug-delivery devices, wound dressings and scaffolds for tissue-engineering. The CO2 was used as a reagent increasing the acidity of aqueous phase and a templating agent. Results show that the reactive emulsion templating (RET) hydrogels were reversible under certain conditions, when left exposed to the atmosphere the CO2 escapes from the hydrogels and the alginate structure destabilizes within 48 hours.

AB - Supercritical carbon dioxide in water emulsion-templated synthesis of porous alginate hydrogels with a narrow range of macropore sizes was investigated. Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) polymeric networks capable of absorbing large quantities of water and are widely used in the biomedical fields as drug-delivery devices, wound dressings and scaffolds for tissue-engineering. The CO2 was used as a reagent increasing the acidity of aqueous phase and a templating agent. Results show that the reactive emulsion templating (RET) hydrogels were reversible under certain conditions, when left exposed to the atmosphere the CO2 escapes from the hydrogels and the alginate structure destabilizes within 48 hours.

KW - Absorption

KW - Acidity

KW - Carbon dioxide

KW - Drug dosage

KW - Emulsions

KW - Supercritical fluids

KW - Synthesis (chemical)

KW - Macropore sizes

KW - Polymeric networks

KW - Tissue engineering

KW - Water emulsion-templated synthesis

KW - Hydrogels

U2 - 10.1002/adma.200501423

DO - 10.1002/adma.200501423

M3 - Journal article

VL - 18

SP - 501

EP - 504

JO - Advanced Materials

JF - Advanced Materials

SN - 0935-9648

IS - 4

ER -

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords