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Current advances of chemical and physical starch‐based hydrogels
Author(s) -
Xiao Congming
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.201200113
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , starch , nanotechnology , polymer , materials science , polymer science , biochemical engineering , chemical engineering , chemistry , polymer chemistry , engineering , composite material , organic chemistry
Starch is a natural polymer, which has many unique properties. It has been utilized to prepare hydrogels and received growing attention. Starch‐based hydrogels (SH) are attractive and widely applied in a variety of fields such as biomedical, food packing, and others. In this article, the developments of physical and chemical SHs in the last decade are summarized. The common approaches to prepare hydrogels are briefly elucidated. Subsequently, the SHs obtained by chemical and physical cross‐linking methods are described. Then, the characteristics and potential applications of the SHs are introduced and correlated. Finally, suggestions about the future directions of developing SHs are presented.