Crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for wound dressing applications: A review of remarkably blended polymers

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Elbadawy A. Kamoun¹  Mohamed S. Mohy Eldin¹  El-Refaie S. Kenawy²  Xin Chen³ 

[1] Polymer Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology & New Materials Research Institute (ATNMRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg Al-Arab City, P.O. Box 21934, Alexandria, Egypt;Polymer Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tanta, Tanta 31527, Egypt;State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Poly(vinyl alcohol);    Hydrogel membranes;    Polymer blended hydrogels;    Natural polymers;    Synthetic polymers;    Wound dressing;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.07.005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A series of excellent poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/polymers blend hydrogel were reviewed using different crosslinking types to obtain proper polymeric dressing materials, which have satisfied biocompatibility and sufficient mechanical properties. The importance of biodegradable–biocompatible synthetic polymers such as PVA, natural polymers such as alginate, starch, and chitosan or their derivatives has grown significantly over the last two decades due to their renewable and desirable biological properties. The properties of these polymers for pharmaceutical and biomedical application needs have attracted much attention. Thus, a considered proportion of the population need those polymeric medical applications for drug delivery, wound dressing, artificial cartilage materials, and other medical purposes, where the pressure on alternative polymeric devices in all countries became substantial. The review explores different polymers which have been blended previously in the literature with PVA as wound dressing blended with other polymeric materials, showing the feasibility, property change, and purpose which are behind the blending process with PVA.

【 授权许可】

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