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Asaro F.

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Thermo-responsive hydrogels from cellulose-based polyelectrolytes and catanionic vesicles for biomedical application.

2016

In this study, negatively charged catanionic vesicles/hydrophobically modified hydroxyethylcellulose polymers thermo-responsive hydrogels have been fabricated. Vesicular aggregates were found to act as multifunctional junctions for networking of modified-cellulose water solutions. The contributions of the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions were evaluated by changing either vesicles composition or the polymer hydrophobic substitution. Thermal-induced size and lamellarity of hydrogel-enclosed vesicles were detected, with further polygonal shape changes induced by cellulose-based polymer addition. The thermal transition was also found to tune hydrogel mechanical behaviour. The network …

AnionsProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBiomedical EngineeringBiomedical TechnologyCeramics and CompositeBiomaterialsDiffusioncatanionic vesicleTheophyllineCationsCellulosecatanionic vesicles; cellulose; diffusion; hydrogel; NMR; rheology; Ceramics and Composites; Biomaterials; Biomedical Engineering; 2506ViscositydiffusionTemperatureHydrogelsBiomaterialPolyelectrolytescelluloseNMRElasticityDrug LiberationSettore CHIM/09 - Farmaceutico Tecnologico Applicativocatanionic vesiclesCeramics and Compositesrheologyhydrogel2506RheologyJournal of biomedical materials research. Part A
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