articleTop 10% cited
The chitosan hydrogels: from structure to function
New Journal of Chemistry · 2018 · Vol. 42(21) · pp. 17162–17180
Jing Fu(Ministry of Education)Fuchao Yang(Ministry of Education)Zhiguang Guo✉(Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Abstract
This review places an emphasis on chitosan intelligent hydrogels. The fabrication methods and mechanisms are introduced in this review and the interactions of the formation of hydrogels with both physical and chemical bonds are also introduced. The relationship between the structural characteristics and the corresponding functions of stimuli-responsive characteristics, self-healing functions and high mechanical strength properties of the chitosan hydrogels are discussed in detail.
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsPolymer Surface Interaction StudiesSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsSelf-healing hydrogelsChitosanChemistryFabricationNanotechnologyChemical engineeringPolymer sciencePolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials science
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
Citations
218
FWCI
3.07
field-weighted impact
References
175
Percentile
93%
vs. same field & year
Citations per year
References
Classification, processing and application of hydrogels: A review
Materials Science and Engineering C · 2015 · 1,479 citations
Thermosensitive sol–gel reversible hydrogels
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews · 2002 · 1,451 citations
Food applications of chitin and chitosans
Trends in Food Science & Technology · 1999 · 1,814 citations
Novel injectable neutral solutions of chitosan form biodegradable gels in situ
Biomaterials · 2000 · 1,376 citations
Design and Fabrication of a High-Strength Hydrogel with Ideally Homogeneous Network Structure from Tetrahedron-like Macromonomers
Macromolecules · 2008 · 1,226 citations
In situ gelling hydrogels for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications
International Journal of Pharmaceutics · 2008 · 618 citations
Biomedical applications of chitin and chitosan based nanomaterials—A short review
Carbohydrate Polymers · 2010 · 1,257 citations
Catechol-Functionalized Chitosan/Pluronic Hydrogels for Tissue Adhesives and Hemostatic Materials
Biomacromolecules · 2011 · 656 citations
Citation Network
How this paper connects to the literature. Drag to explore, click any node to open that paper.