An Overview on Starch-Based Sustainable Hydrogels: Potential Applications and Aspects

Hydrogels are a kind of three dimensional polymeric network system which has a significant amount of water imbibing capacity despite being soluble in it. Because of the potential applications of hydrogels in different fields such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, personal care products, biosensors, and...

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Published inJournal of polymers and the environment Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 19 - 50
Main Authors Qamruzzaman, Md, Ahmed, Firoz, Mondal, Md. Ibrahim H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biocompatibility
Biodegradability
Biodegradation
Biosensors
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Consumer products
Cosmetics
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Hydrogels
Hydroxyl groups
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Moisture content
Petrochemicals
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
Polysaccharides
Review
Saccharides
Starch
Water content
Biodegradable-hydrogel
Hydrogel
Polymeric-network
Starch
Application
Preparation
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Summary:Hydrogels are a kind of three dimensional polymeric network system which has a significant amount of water imbibing capacity despite being soluble in it. Because of the potential applications of hydrogels in different fields such as biomedical, pharmaceutical, personal care products, biosensors, and cosmetics, it has become a very popular area of research in recent decades. Hydrogels, prepared from synthetic polymers and petrochemicals are not ecofriendly. For preparing biodegradable hydrogels, most available plant polysaccharides like starch are utilized. In its structure, starch has a large number of hydroxyl groups that aid in hydrogel networking. For their easy availability and applications, starch-based hydrogels (SHs) have gained huge attention. Moreover, SHs are non-toxic, biocompatible, and cheap. For these reasons, SHs can be an alternative to synthetic hydrogels. The main focus of this review is to provide a comprehensive summary of the structure and characteristics of starch, preparation, and characterization of SHs. This review also addresses several potential multidimensional applications of SHs and shows some future aspects in accordance. Graphic abstract
ISSN:1566-2543
1572-8919
DOI:10.1007/s10924-021-02180-9