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ReviewPolymers2025

Dynamic Bonds in Biopolymers: Enhancing Performance and Properties.

Trong Danh Nguyen, Jun Seop Lee

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Review in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Trong Danh NguyenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam-Daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13120, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Jun Seop LeeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam-Daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13120, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7350-2875

Funding

Gachon university GCU-202404020001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the demand for polymer materials increases, conventional petroleum-based synthetic polymers face several significant challenges, including raw material depletion, environmental issues, and the potential for biotoxicity in biological applications. In response, bio-based polymers derived from natural sources, such as cellulose, alginate, chitosan, and gelatin, have garnered attention due to their advantages of biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, these polymers often suffer from poor physical stability due to the high density of hydrogen bonds and the large structure of pyranose rings. This review explores the potential of incorporating dynamic covalent bonds into biopolymers to overcome these limitations. The chemical structures of biopolymers contain numerous functional groups that can serve as anchoring sites for dynamic bonds, thereby enhancing the mechanical properties and overall stability of the polymer network. The review discusses the performance improvements achievable through dynamic covalent bonds and examines the future potential of this technology to enhance the physical properties of biopolymers and expand their applicability in biological fields.

Indexed as

bio-decomposable polymersbio-generated polymersdrug deliverydynamic covalent bondshydrogen bonds

Identifiers

PMID40006119
PMCPMC11860009

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