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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Eco-Friendly Hydrogels from Natural Gums and Cellulose Citrate: Formulations and Properties.

Giuseppina Anna Corrente, Fabian Ernesto Arias Arias, Eugenia Giorno, Paolino Caputo, Nicolas Godbert, Cesare Oliviero Rossi, Iolinda Aiello, Candida Milone, Amerigo Beneduci

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Green-ExtractedAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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9 authors.

Giuseppina Anna CorrenteDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166 Messina, ME, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8030-4845
Fabian Ernesto Arias AriasFacultad de Ciencias, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Riobamba 060155, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-2663-5808
Eugenia GiornoMAT_InLAB (Laboratorio di Materiali Molecolari Inorganici), Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.
Paolino CaputoPCAM LAB, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2551-9445
Nicolas GodbertMAT_InLAB (Laboratorio di Materiali Molecolari Inorganici), Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5659-8844
Cesare Oliviero RossiPCAM LAB, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4406-7824
Iolinda AielloMAT_InLAB (Laboratorio di Materiali Molecolari Inorganici), Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4804-2667
Candida MiloneDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Messina, Contrada di Dio, 98166 Messina, ME, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3753-0692
Amerigo BeneduciPC-SMARTech Laboratory, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1185-9470

Funding

Ministero dell'università e della ricerca MICS-Made in Italy circolare e sostenibile. CUP D43C22003120001Ministero dell'università e della ricerca Progetto Star2-PIR01_00008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design of sustainable hydrogel materials with tunable mechanical and thermal properties is essential for emerging applications in flexible and wearable electronics. In this study, hydrogels based on natural gums such as Guar, Tara, and Xanthan and their composites with Cellulose Citrate were developed through a mild physical crosslinking process, ensuring environmental compatibility and structural integrity. The effect of cellulose citrate pretreatment under different alkaline conditions (0.04%, 5%, and 10% NaOH) was systematically investigated using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), and dynamic rheology. Overall, the results show that the composites exhibit different properties of the hydrogel networks compared to the pure hydrogel gums, strongly depending on the alkaline treatment. In all composite hydrogels, a significant increase in the number of interacting rheological units occurs, though the strength of the interactions decreases in Guar and Tara composites, which exhibit partial structural destabilization. In contrast, Xanthan-Cellulose Citrate hydrogels display enhanced strong gel character, and crosslinking density. These improvements reflect stronger intermolecular associations and a more compact polymer network, due to the favorable H-bonding and ionic interactions among Xanthan, Cellulose and Citrate mediated by water and sodium ions. Overall, the results demonstrate that Xanthan-Cellulose Citrate systems represent a new class of eco-friendly, mechanically robust hydrogels with controllable viscoelastic and thermal responses, features highly relevant for the next generation of flexible, self-supporting, and responsive soft materials suitable for wearable and stretchable electronic devices.

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cellulose citratehydrogelsnatural gumsrheological propertiesthermal properties

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PMID41441161
PMCPMC12733339

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