<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Due to their interesting features, hydrogels are attracting growing interest in the polymer materials market. Therefore, many studies are currently conducted to characterize these materials and to modify them in order to increase the range of their potential use. In the presented article, hydrogels based on acrylic acid and chitosan and modified with xanthan gum were obtained by photopolymerization. Their swelling ability and behaviour in solutions that simulate fluids in the human body were determined. The effect of incubation in various fluids on the chemical structure of the synthesized materials was characterized using spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, the surface morphology of the attained materials was characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM).</p></abstract>

Due to their interesting features, hydrogels are attracting growing interest in the polymer materials market. Therefore, many studies are currently conducted to characterize these materials and to modify them in order to increase the range of their potential use. In the presented article, hydrogels based on acrylic acid and chitosan and modified with xanthan gum were obtained by photopolymerization. Their swelling ability and behaviour in solutions that simulate fluids in the human body were determined. The effect of incubation in various fluids on the chemical structure of the synthesized materials was characterized using spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, the surface morphology of the attained materials was characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Novel Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum – Synthesis and Characterization

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Due to their interesting features, hydrogels are attracting growing interest in the polymer materials market. Therefore, many studies are currently conducted...

Novel Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum – Synthesis and Characterization

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 79 - 91

Received: Oct 19, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.006.10046

Keywords
hydrogels, xanthan gum, acrylic acid, chitosan, surface morphology of hydrogels

© 2020 Bożena Tyliszczak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Novel Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum – Synthesis and Characterization

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 79 - 91

Received: Oct 19, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.006.10046

Keywordshydrogels, xanthan gum, acrylic acid, chitosan, surface morphology of hydrogels

© 2020 Bożena Tyliszczak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
hydrogels, xanthan gum, acrylic acid, chitosan, surface morphology of hydrogels