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Hydrogels: A Novel Red‐Blood‐Cell‐Shaped Pectin‐Oligochitosan Hydrogel System (Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 9/2014)
Author(s) -
Harvestine Jenicole,
Mikulski Brandon Anthony,
Mahuta Kirsten Mary,
Crouse James Zachary,
Guo Xiaoru,
Lee Jung Chull,
Midelfort Katarina Senn,
Chen Junhong,
Zhang Wujie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201470035
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , pectin , red blood cell , drug delivery , encapsulation (networking) , cell encapsulation , chemistry , biophysics , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , polymer chemistry , biochemistry , biology , computer network , computer science , engineering
A novel pectin‐oligochitosan hydrogel microcapsule system is reported by W. Zhang and co‐workers on page 955. This kind of microcapsule shows red‐blood‐cell‐like (biconcave) morphology. The biological applications of this system are drug encapsulation/delivery, cell encapsulation, and creating artificial red blood cells.