Gelatin/poly(vinyl alcohol) based hydrogel film - A potential biomaterial for wound dressing: Experimental design and optimization followed by rotatable central composite design.

J Biomater Appl

28124Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Chemical Engineering Department (DEQUI), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Published: October 2021

The development of hydrogel films for biomedical applications is interesting due to their characteristics. Hydrogel films based on gelatin and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) are developed and characterized using a rotatable central composite design. The optimized hydrogel film is obtained by the function desirability of the Statistica® software and is also characterized by swelling kinetics, oxygen permeability, adhesiveness, TGA, DSC, and XRD. The results of the experimental design show that gelatin and PVA concentrations have a significant influence on the response variables, and the exposure doses to UV light show no significant effect. The optimized hydrogel film is elastic, presents good mechanical resistance and swelling capacity in water and exudate solution, is permeable to oxygen, and is capable of adjusting itself and maintains contact close to the skin. In this way, considering all the properties evaluated, the optimized film has characteristics suitable for biomedical applications as wound dressings.

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