Hemicellulose-based hydrogels for advanced applications

Ying Xu; Kun Liu; Yanfan Yang; Min-Seok Kim; Chan-Ho Lee; Rui Zhang; Ting Xu; Sun-Eun Choi; Chuanling Si

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.1110004

Hemicellulose-based hydrogels for advanced applications

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Jan 9:10:1110004. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1110004. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ying Xu¹, Kun Liu¹, Yanfan Yang¹, Min-Seok Kim², Chan-Ho Lee², Rui Zhang^{1

3}, Ting Xu¹, Sun-Eun Choi², Chuanling Si^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.
² Department of Forest Biomaterials Engineering, College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
³ Department of Finance, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.

Abstract

Hemicellulose-based hydrogels are three-dimensional networked hydrophilic polymer with high water retention, good biocompatibility, and mechanical properties, which have attracted much attention in the field of soft materials. Herein, recent advances and developments in hemicellulose-based hydrogels were reviewed. The preparation method, formation mechanism and properties of hemicellulose-based hydrogels were introduced from the aspects of chemical cross-linking and physical cross-linking. The differences of different initiation systems such as light, enzymes, microwave radiation, and glow discharge electrolytic plasma were summarized. The advanced applications and developments of hemicellulose-based hydrogels in the fields of controlled drug release, wound dressings, high-efficiency adsorption, and sensors were summarized. Finally, the challenges faced in the field of hemicellulose-based hydrogels were summarized and prospected.

Keywords: adsorption; biomedical material; hemicellulose; hydrogel; sensor.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This work was sponsored by the by the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (K2022104), Tianjin Excellent Special Commissioner for Agricultural Science and Technology Project (22ZYCGSN00350) and Tianjin Enterprise Technology Commissioner Project (22YDTPJC00930). This work was supported by the Commercializations Promotion Agency for R&D Outcomes (COMPA) grant funded by the Korean Government (Miinistery of Science and ICT) (2022). KL acknowledges the Innovation Project of Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tianjin University of Science and Technology (YB2022009) and the financial support from the China Scholarship Council (No. 202208120049).