Due to the rapid development and potential applications of iron(Ⅲ)-alginate(Fe-Alg)microgels in biomedical as well as environmental engineering,this study explores the preparation and characterization of spherical Fe...Due to the rapid development and potential applications of iron(Ⅲ)-alginate(Fe-Alg)microgels in biomedical as well as environmental engineering,this study explores the preparation and characterization of spherical Fe-Alg microgels using droplet microfluidics combined with an external ionic crosslinking method.This study focused on the role of Fe^(3+)and examined its effects on the physical/chemical properties of microgels under different ionic conditions and reduced or oxidized states.The pH-dependent release behavior of Fe^(3+)from these microgels demonstrates their potential biomedical and environmental applications.Furthermore,the microgels can exhibit magnetism simply by utilizing in situ oxidation,which can be further used for targeted drug delivery and magnetic separation technologies.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.KVJBMC23001536)Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing(No.20240518)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers(Fudan University)(No.K2024-15)the Central Universities support from Beijing Jiaotong University(No.KVYJS24011536)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62175012).
文摘Due to the rapid development and potential applications of iron(Ⅲ)-alginate(Fe-Alg)microgels in biomedical as well as environmental engineering,this study explores the preparation and characterization of spherical Fe-Alg microgels using droplet microfluidics combined with an external ionic crosslinking method.This study focused on the role of Fe^(3+)and examined its effects on the physical/chemical properties of microgels under different ionic conditions and reduced or oxidized states.The pH-dependent release behavior of Fe^(3+)from these microgels demonstrates their potential biomedical and environmental applications.Furthermore,the microgels can exhibit magnetism simply by utilizing in situ oxidation,which can be further used for targeted drug delivery and magnetic separation technologies.
