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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Coordination-Driven Assembly of Alginate Networks: From Egg-Box Structures to Bioactive Delivery Applications.

İrem Toprakçı, Ebru Kurtulbaş, Rabia Nur Bozkurt, Selin Şahin

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

İrem ToprakçıDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-9870-8514
Ebru KurtulbaşDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-2241-2562
Rabia Nur BozkurtDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-2351-172X
Selin ŞahinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Avcılar, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-9989-9823

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginate is a biodegradable and renewable natural polysaccharide that has been extensively investigated for the design of macromolecular delivery systems. This review presents an overview of alginate-based microparticles regarding the relationship between molecular structure, gelation behavior, and functional performance. The impacts of main structural parameters (mannuronic to guluronic acid (M/G) ratio, molecular weight, and block distribution) are discussed comprehensively. Particular attention is given to Ca

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alginatebioactive deliveryCa2+-mediated crosslinkingegg-box modelmicroparticles

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PMID42794324
PMCPMC13606149

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