Bee-derived materials like honey and propolis show promise in wound healing, with polymeric films exhibiting key ...

Recognizing this, researchers have innovatively combined multiple materials to create a new generation of versatile hydrogels in a study published in Small. This cutting-edge nanocomposite ...

Its porous structure helps retain both nutrients and water. When combined with biodegradable polymers like chitosan in a semi-IPN structure, biochar-based SRFs can further improve nutrient release ...

2024) and absorbing Congo red (Jayaraj et al., 2024). Pectin and chitosan which are mainly used for hydrogel synthesis (Robert et al., 2022; Morello et al., 2023) can demonstrated antimicrobial ...

The hydrogel system reportedly enabled a temperature drop of 23 C, from 70 to 47 C, and a relative 12.3% power conversion efficiency (PCE) increase compared to the reference device.

Researchers have created a sensor that monitors plant stress, which could one day be a game-changer for anyone with a black thumb.

School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration, Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral ...

Key Laboratory of Drug Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug ...

The newly developed adhesive, called ChitHCl-DDA, is made from natural polymers (chitosan and dextran) and demonstrates high adhesive strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, making it ...