A water-soluble and/or water-swellable hybrid polymer comprising: (i) from 5 wt.-% to 95 wt.-% water-soluble and/or water-swellable polysaccharide polymer selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, carrageenan, guar gum, chitosan, alginate and combinations thereof; (ii) from 5 wt.-% to 95 wt.-% synthetic polymer comprising up to 100 mol-% repeating units according to Formula (1a): ##STR00001##
wherein components (i) and (ii) are polymerized by radical precipitation polymerization in a polar solvent.

Disclosed herein are functionalized hyaluronic acid (HA), a responsive elastic polymer system comprising functionalized HA, and methods of fabrication and utilization of the same. This polymer system may be used for controlled local or systemic drug delivery release of analgesics, anesthetics, antibiotics and other drugs as well as tissue engineering articles.

Disclosed herein are functionalized hyaluronic acid (HA), a responsive elastic polymer system comprising functionalized HA, and methods of fabrication and utilization of the same. This polymer system may be used for controlled local or systemic drug delivery release of analgesics, anesthetics, antibiotics and other drugs as well as tissue engineering articles.

Disclosed herein are functionalized hyaluronic acid (HA), a responsive elastic polymer system comprising functionalized HA, and methods of fabrication and utilization of the same. This polymer system may be used for controlled local or systemic drug delivery release of analgesics, anesthetics, antibiotics and other drugs as well as tissue engineering articles

Disclosed herein are functionalized hyaluronic acid (HA), a responsive elastic polymer system comprising functionalized HA, and methods of fabrication and utilization of the same. This polymer system may be used for controlled local or systemic drug delivery release of analgesics, anesthetics, antibiotics and other drugs as well as tissue engineering articles

A polyelectrolyte hydrogel coating with strong substrate binding performance and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: 1) activating a substrate by applying oxygen plasma; and 2) dissolving a polycationic polymer, a polymeric monomer, a silane coupling agent and an initiator to obtain a precursor solution, vacuumizing the precursor solution to remove air bubbles, applying the vacuumized precursor solution to a surface of the substrate activated by the oxygen plasma, and performing an in-situ polymerization and curing process under nitrogen or rare gas atmosphere. The polymeric monomer includes at least one of: acrylamide, acrylic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, polyethylene glycol (diol) diacrylate, 2-methacryloxyethylphosphocholine, 3-[[2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethylammonio]propane-1-sulfonate, and 3-[[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethylammonium] propionate. The silane coupling agent has a carbon-carbon double bond functional group.

A polyelectrolyte hydrogel coating with strong substrate binding performance and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: 1) activating a substrate by applying oxygen plasma; and 2) dissolving a polycationic polymer, a polymeric monomer, a silane coupling agent and an initiator to obtain a precursor solution, vacuumizing the precursor solution to remove air bubbles, applying the vacuumized precursor solution to a surface of the substrate activated by the oxygen plasma, and performing an in-situ polymerization and curing process under nitrogen or rare gas atmosphere. The polymeric monomer includes at least one of: acrylamide, acrylic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, polyethylene glycol (diol) diacrylate, 2-methacryloxyethylphosphocholine, 3-[[2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethylammonio]propane-1-sulfonate, and 3-[[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethylammonium] propionate. The silane coupling agent has a carbon-carbon double bond functional group.

The present disclosure provides a biodegradable super absorbent polymer including a crosslinked polymer of a monomer including a modified polysaccharide having a maleic acid group (—OCOCH═CHCOOH) and a sulfosuccinic acid group (—OCOCH(SO.sub.3H)CH.sub.2COOH), which exhibits excellent biodegradability without deterioration in physical properties of the super absorbent polymer such as centrifuge retention capacity and absorbency under pressure, and a method for producing the same.

The present disclosure provides a biodegradable super absorbent polymer including a crosslinked polymer of a monomer including a modified polysaccharide having a maleic acid group (—OCOCH═CHCOOH) and a sulfosuccinic acid group (—OCOCH(SO.sub.3H)CH.sub.2COOH), which exhibits excellent biodegradability without deterioration in physical properties of the super absorbent polymer such as centrifuge retention capacity and absorbency under pressure, and a method for producing the same.

To provide a surface sizing agent for papermaking, which has good low foamability and mechanical stability and has an excellent sizing effect. The surface sizing agent for papermaking is a surface sizing agent for papermaking, comprising a composition obtained by polymerizing unsaturated monomers in the presence of a starch, wherein the amount of the starch is 25 to 40 mass % based on the total amount of the starch and the unsaturated monomers, the unsaturated monomers comprise at least a styrenic compound and a (meth)acrylic ester compound, and the amount of the styrenic compound is 10 mass % or more and less than 30 mass %, and the amount of the (meth)acrylic ester compound is 20 to 50 mass %, based on the total amount of the starch and the unsaturated monomers.