EFFECT OF POLYMER COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE ON THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN-CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE HYDROGELS
Over the past decade, superabsorbent hydrogels based on natural polymers (cellulose, chitosan) have been widely applied in biomedicine. Despite their high stability and biocompatibility, these hydrogels exhibit several drawbacks associated with insufficient pseudoplasticity and thixotropy. Consequently, the development...