Starch and itaconic acid-based superabsorbent hydrogels for agricultural application

Nanostructured liquid-crystalline polymer films for ionic actuators: self-assembly of photopolymerizable ionic itaconate with an ionic liquid

“…This degradable itaconate polymer film offers a sustainable alternative to commercial plastics, providing promising opportunities for environmentally friendly materials. 37,38 We can observe that the optical appearance of the itaconate film changes from transparent to cloudy after 3 weeks of soil burial test, and microscope observations illustrate some holes and weak topographical spots on the membrane surface. SEM observation further confirms the degradation of the itaconic film (Fig.…”

Significance of biopolymer-based hydrogels and their applications in agriculture: a review in perspective of synthesis and their degree of swelling for water holding

“…In addition, starch–itaconic acid superabsorbent hydrogel shows very good degradability. 18 Another environmentally friendly, starch-based hydrogels have been prepared by redox polymerization of starch and N , N -dimethylacrylamide method for controlled release of urea. Cross-linker used for this method is N , N -methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBA).…”

Facile Synthesis of Dual-Network Polymer Hydrogels with Anti-Freezing, Highly Conductive, and Self-Healing Properties

“…Hydrogels exhibit promising potential for utilization in flexible wearable sensors [ 1 ], tissue engineering [ 2 ], biomedicine [ 3 ], and intelligent robots [ 4 ], as a result of their high water content [ 5 ], good viscoelasticity [ 6 ], well transparency [ 7 ], and high biocompatibility [ 8 ]. Hydrogel-based electronic devices have garnered growing interest as a result of their remarkable flexibility and extensibility [ 9 ].…”