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Chapter and Conference Paper
MIRFCS: An Ensemble of Filter Methods for Classification of Disease Data
A facility for early disease diagnosis is very important in the medical field. Since most disease datasets are huge in dimension, an automatic diagnosis process through computing devices becomes complex and ti...
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Article
Kombucha-derived bacterial cellulose from diverse wastes: a prudent leather alternative
This study focuses on the production of kombucha-derived bacterial cellulose (KBC) from different modified kombucha and diverse bio-waste sources using Komagataeibacter xylinus for high potential towards cost-eff...
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Chapter
Bacterial Cellulose Based Hydrogel Film for Sustainable Food Packaging
Sustainable packaging has given vital importance for food protection, food safety, food property maintenance, regulatory compliance, and cost-effectiveness, with the aim of supporting long-term human and ecolo...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Moisture Sorption Isotherm and Isosteric Heat of Sorption Characteristics of PVP-CMC Hydrogel Film: A Useful Food Packaging Material
Hydrogels are polymeric materials possessing a three-dimensional network structure and can absorb a large quantity of liquid water. Recently, hydrogel-based polymeric materials are being focused and encouraged...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Importance of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Applications of Bacterial Cellulose-Based Hydrogels for Sustainable Development
Currently, there is a wide range of consensus and awareness regarding whether nature can help or provide feasible solutions to achieve more inclusive and sustainable growth in a smart, “engineered” way. Simila...
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Article
Calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate mineralization of bioinspired hydrogels based on β-chitin isolated from biomineral of the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, L.)
Chitin, a bioactive, antibacterial and biodegradable polymer is commonly utilized by diverse marine organisms as the main scaffold material during biomineralization. Due to its properties, chitin is also of in...
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Article
Correction to: ‘Green’ synthesis of silver polymer Nanocomposites of poly (2-isopropenyl-2- oxazoline-co- N-vinylpyrrolidone) and its catalytic activity
Due to an oversight during typesetting stage, many subscripts and superscripts after unit abbreviations were captured as normal text (i.e. NaBH4 instead of the correct NaBH4, Ag+ instead of the correct Ag+, C0 in...
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Article
‘Green’ synthesis of silver polymer Nanocomposites of poly (2-isopropenyl-2- oxazoline-co- N-vinylpyrrolidone) and its catalytic activity
Metal-polymer nanocomposites are of great interest and mainly focused on advanced catalytic and sensor applications. Resulting from this, new copolymers composed of poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) (PIPOx) and ...
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and biopolymer nanocomposites: a comparative study on physico-chemical, antimicrobial and anticancer activity
The current report was intended towards comparative study of green-synthesized biogenic Rhubarb silver nanoparticles (RS-AgNPs) and chitosan crosslinked silver nanocomposites (CSHD-AgNCs). The physico-chemical ch...
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Polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide hydrogel film with attached graphite current collector for flexible supercapacitors
Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) hydrogel films possess a low specific capacitance and have no flexible current collectors, which limit their use in flexible supercapacitors. To solve these problems, a novel polya...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Moisture Sorption Isotherm and Isosteric Heat of Sorption Characteristics of PVP-CMC Hydrogel Film: A Useful Food Packaging Material
Hydrogels are polymeric materials possessing a three-dimensional network structure and can absorb a large quantity of liquid water. Recently, hydrogel-based polymeric materials are being focused and encouraged...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Importance of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Applications of Bacterial Cellulose-Based Hydrogels for Sustainable Development
Currently, there is a wide range of consensus and awareness regarding whether nature can help or provide feasible solutions to achieve more inclusive and sustainable growth in a smart, “engineered” way. Simila...
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Article
Morphology, Mineralogy and Mixing of Individual Atmospheric Particles Over Kanpur (IGP): Relevance of Homogeneous Equivalent Sphere Approximation in Radiative Models
Estimation of the direct radiative forcing (DRF) by atmospheric particles is uncertain to a large extent owing to uncertainties in their morphology (shape and size), mixing states, and chemical composition. A ...
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Article
Peptoids and polypeptoids: biomimetic and bioinspired materials for biomedical applications
As material chemists and engineers aim to improve the properties of macromolecules for advanced biomedical applications, considerable attention has been paid to new classes of biomimetic polymers such as polyp...
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Open AccessInfluence of temperature, pH and simulated biological solutions on swelling and structural properties of biomineralized (CaCO3) PVP–CMC hydrogel
Biomaterials having stimuli response are interesting in the biomedical field. This paper reports about swelling response and internal structural of biomineralized (CaCO3) polyvinylpyrr...
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Article
Significantly Diverged Did2/Vps46 Orthologues from the Protozoan Parasite Giardia lamblia
The endosomal compartment performs extensive sorting functions in most eukaryotes, some of which are accomplished with the help of the multivesicular body (MVB) sorting pathway. This pathway depends on the seq...
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In vitro study of partially hydrolyzed poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazolines) as materials for biomedical applications
Polymers based on 2-oxazoline, such as poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazolines) (PETOx), are considered to be a type of ‘pseudopeptide’ with the ability to form novel biomaterials. The hydrolysis of PETOx was carried out to...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effectiveness of Polymer Sheet Layer to Protect Hydrogel Dressings
Two kinds of polymer sheet layers: breathable film (BF) and breathable laminate (BL) were chosen to cover hydrogel dressings (PVP-CMC and PVP-CMC-BA). The upper and lower surfaces of the polymer sheets were de...
