Preparation and characterization of cyclodextrin-modified alginate hydrogel

• Main Author: Chong, Jasmine Jin Min
• Other Authors: Huang Changjin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149411
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Alginate is commonly employed in biomedical applications such as wound healing, tissue engineering and contact lenses because of its valuable non-toxic nature and ease of gelation. Cyclodextrin (CD), with its ability to form inclusion complexes with suitable guest molecules, has optimized a wide var...