Design, preparation and characterization of ulvan based thermosensitive hydrogels

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The present study is focused on the exploitation and conversion of sulphated polysaccharides obtained from waste algal biomass into high value added material for biomedical applications. ulvan, a sulphated polysaccharide extracted from green seaweeds belonging to Ulva sp. was selected as a suitable material due to its chemical versatility and widely ascertained bioactivity. To date the present work represents the first successful attempt of preparation of ulvan-based hydrogels displaying thermogelling behaviour. ulvan was provided with thermogelling properties by grafting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) chains onto its backbone as thermosensitive component. To this aim ulvan was properly modified with acryloyl groups to act as macroinitiator in the radical polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide, induced by UV irradiation through a "grafting from" method. The thermogelling properties of the copolymer were investigated by thermal and rheological analyses. Sol-gel transition of the copolymer was found to occur at 30-31 °C thus indicating the feasibility of ulvan for being used as in-situ hydrogel forming systems for biomedical applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:136

Enthalten in:

Carbohydrate polymers - 136(2016) vom: 20. Jan., Seite 1108-17

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Morelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Betti, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Puppi, Dario [VerfasserIn]
Chiellini, Federica [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

25189-55-3
Acrylates
Acrylic Resins
Acrylic acid
Hydrogels
Injectable systems
J94PBK7X8S
Journal Article
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide
Polysaccharides
Sulfates
Thermogelling
UV photopolymerization
Ulvan
Waste Products

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Date Completed 08.09.2016

Date Revised 17.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.09.068

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254663729