Adsorption and controlled release of terbinafine hydrochloride (TER-HCl) to and from pH sensitive poly(acrylamide/maleic acid) (P(AAm/MA)) hydrogels were investigated. P(AAm/MA) hydrogels were prepared by irradiating the ternary mixtures of AAm/MA/and water by gamma-rays at ambient temperature. Antifungal drug, TER-HCl containing hydrogels, at different drug to polymer ratios, was prepared by d...

the photocatalytic degradation of two anionic azo dyes acid red88 (ar 88) and acid orange 7 (ao7) was investigated in aqueous solution using a tio2-containing hydrogel and uv light. the ph-sensitive hydrogel poly (styrene-alt-maleic anhydride) (psma), was synthesized and crosslinked in the presence of melamine and tio2 nanoparticles which results in entrapment of tio 2 into the melamine-grafted...

pH-sensitive poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) hydrogel reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) was prepared. Acrylic acid (AA) was subjected to chemical cross-linking using the cross-linking agent MBA (N,N-methylenebisacrylamide) with CNC entrapped in the PAA matrix. The quantity of CNC was varied between 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 wt %. X-ray diffraction (XRD) data showed an increase in crystallini...

Introduction Wound pH influences residence time and activity of growth factors in healing [1]. Hence, pH responsive sustained release growth factor delivery system capable of modulating release pattern in response to varying wound pH is beneficial for treatment of wound. Thus, potential of poly (N-iso propylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) hydrogel as pH sensitive sustained release system for wound ...

The bound water fraction (XBW) of a newlydeveloped pH-sensitive, biodegradable chitosan-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel crosslinked with glutaraldehyde (GA) was investigated as a function of the chitosan/PVA molar ratio, GA concentration (CGA), and ionization state. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the XBW of the initial hydrogel, and of the hydrogel equilibrated i...

Stimuli-sensitive hydrogels (or smart hydrogels) are hydrogels that swell or shrink in response to small changes in environmental conditions in which they are placed. While the extent of swelling or shrinking may be large, the kinetics of such changes is slow, since the diffusion of water into and out of the hydrogel is a slow process. To obtain fast responses, we have prepared superporous hydr...