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Journal of Polymer & Composites

A Review on Polysaccharide Based Nanocomposite Hydrogel Systems Fabrication Using Diverse Reinforcing Materials

  1. Nisha Sharma
  2. Vikrant Singh Rana

Abstract

In current scenario, materials with better physicochemical properties are desirable to achieve quality life and sustainability. Polysaccharide/biopolymeric based hydrophilic systems owning to their inherent properties especially hydrophilicity, nontoxicity, biocompatibility  have extended their approach in every streta of biomedical Sciences and replaced synthetic polymers upto great extent. Despite this they also experienced certain demerits due to their biological origin. Functionalization of polysaccharide based hydrophilic polymer with reinforcing materials /modulators  especially in nano-dimensions is one of such approach getting much attension in current scenario. Although great deal of work have been published in nanocomposite hydrogels but least attention was paid for polysaccharide based nanocomposite hydrophilic systems. Present study is an attempt to compile a brief account of fabrication of polysaccharide based nanocomposites using metallic nanoparticles, metallic oxides, CNT and graphene, clay  as   nanofillers  with improved physicochemical as well as biological properties.

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