Novel pH-sensitive chitosan hydrogels: swelling behavior and states of water

Physically crosslinked chitosan hydrogels were synthesized by grafting D,L-lactic acid (LA) and/or glycolic acid (GA) with different feed ratios. The physical crosslinking was formed due to the hyd ...

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