Publications by authors named "G Cazacu"

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  • An optimal wound dressing should be biocompatible, biodegradable, maintain moisture, allow for exudate removal, have antibacterial properties, and promote healing.
  • Researchers designed a multifunctional hydrogel using cellulose and chemically modified lignin that exhibits good biocompatibility, antibacterial features, and controlled drug release capabilities.
  • Experimental results indicated that the new CLE hydrogels showed increased swelling, better drug encapsulation and release, antibacterial properties, and improved mucoadhesion, making them promising candidates for oral wound dressings.
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The development of various green materials from lignin, which is most often considered as waste, is of prime interest from environmental and economic points of view. In the last years, only few studies regarding the use of lignin as a backbone component in the hydrogels have been made. The potential efficacy of lignin in hydrogels with particular emphasis on synthesis and characterization was investigated.

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Unlabelled: Biodegradable polymers represent a solution for the environment protection: they decrease the landfill space, by declining the petrochemical sources, and offer also an alternative solution for the recycling.

Materials And Methods: The behavior during degradation in the presence of active sludge of some polyvinyl chloride (PVC) based blends with variable content of hydrolyzed collagen (HC) has been followed. Some samples were subjected to UV irradiation, for 30 hours.

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