ReviewPolymers2022
Silica Hydrogels as Entrapment Material for Microalgae.
Review in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Utilization of Indonesian coal fly ash as a silica precursor for mesoporous silica based slow-release fertilizer.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Silica- and Titanium-poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels-Novel Matrices for Bacterial Cell Immobilization.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mechanics control the proliferation of diatoms entrapped in hydrogels.Soft matter · 2025Article
- A novel indicator-based visualisation method to investigate diffusion behaviour of dissolved COMethodsX · 2025Article
- Silica hydrogels as a carbon-free solid media for the culture of diverse organisms.FEMS microbes · 2025Article
- Development of a new kappa-carrageenan hydrogel system to study benthic diatom vertical movements.PloS one · 2024Article
- Processed microalgae: green gold for tissue regeneration and repair.Theranostics · 2024Review
- Biomimetic Sol-Gel Chemistry to Tailor Structure, Properties, and Functionality of Bionanocomposites by Biopolymers and Cells.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Despite being a promising feedstock for food, feed, chemicals, and biofuels, microalgal production processes are still uneconomical due to slow growth rates, costly media, problematic downstreaming processes, and rather low cell densities. Immobilization via entrapment constitutes a promising tool to overcome these drawbacks of microalgal production and enables continuous processes with protection against shear forces and contaminations. In contrast to biopolymer gels, inorganic silica hydrogels are highly transparent and chemically, mechanically, thermally, and biologically stable. Since the first report on entrapment of living cells in silica hydrogels in 1989, efforts were made to increase the biocompatibility by omitting organic solvents during hydrolysis, removing toxic by-products, and replacing detrimental mineral acids or bases for pH adjustment. Furthermore, methods were developed to decrease the stiffness in order to enable proliferation of entrapped cells. This review aims to provide an overview of studied entrapment methods in silica hydrogels, specifically for rather sensitive microalgae.
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