Pectin-Based Hydrogel Development Services

Pectin is considered to be an attractive and widely used material due to its extensive source, low price, and excellent properties such as non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable. Matexcel has a well-developed theoretical system and extensive practical experience in hydrogel design and development to help our customers achieve breakthroughs in enhancing the stability and functional properties of pectin-based hydrogels. Our dedicated scientists will develop appropriate pectin-based hydrogel design solutions for our customers' specific application requirements in order to achieve efficient and cost-effective production of pectin-based hydrogels and to meet the needs of different industries.

Introduction to Pectin-Based Hydrogel

Pectin is a complex structured polysaccharide present in the cell walls of higher plants, composed of (1, 4)-linked alpha-d-galacturonic acid residues and a variety of neutral sugars such as galactose, arabinose, and rhamnose. Generally, pectin is capable of forming hydrogels when heated or mixed with divalent cations. However, the intrinsic pectin gel has poor stability and lacks functionality, which limits its application in fields such as biomedicine. Therefore, the mechanical properties of the pectin-based hydrogel need to be improved by applying appropriate chemical or physical methods. For example, the tough pectin-based hydrogel can be prepared by introducing sacrificial non-covalent bonds, including hydrophobic associations, ionic coordination bonds, hydrogen bonding, host-guest interactions, dipole-dipole, and electrostatic interactions. Despite the current interest in the pectin-based hydrogel, the application potential of pectin-based hydrogel has not yet been fully exploited, so there is an urgent need to explore a range of innovative strategies to advance the application of pectin-based hydrogel more effectively and efficiently.

Fig. 1 Preparation of pectin-based hydrogel from P (NIPAM- stat -AH) and pectin-CHO. (An H, et al., 2021)

Applications of Pectin-Based Hydrogel

Pectin-based hydrogels have many beneficial properties that make them attractive polymeric materials for a wide range of applications such as the biomedical field, food industry, and medical devices.

Our Services

Matexcel leverages our expertise and extensive experience in hydrogel development to help our customers overcome all difficulties in the design and production of pectin-based hydrogels. Our customized pectin-based hydrogel development services include but are not limited to the following:

• Hydrogel formulation design services: We customize pectin-based hydrogel designs based on our customers' needs by varying hydrogel composition, cross-linking methods, configuration dimensions, permeability, aqueous liquid swelling, diffusivity, and degradability to precisely meet customer requirements for a variety of exciting and high-growth applications.
• Hydrogel modification services: Based on the physicochemical properties of pectin-based hydrogels, we select appropriate methods such as introducing sacrificial non-covalent bonds, including hydrophobic associations, ionic coordination bonds, hydrogen bonding, host-guest interactions, dipole-dipole, and electrostatic interactions to modify and optimize the original properties of hydrogels to give them novel and excellent properties such as excellent mechanical properties, better stability, degradability, and easily adjustable physicochemical properties and structures.
• Hydrogel analysis and characterization services: We provide a full range of analysis and characterization services in the development of pectin-based hydrogels, as well as efficacy testing services for pectin-based hydrogel samples.

Process of Our Service

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Matexcel is committed to helping our customers overcome all difficulties in the pectin-based hydrogel research and development process. If you are interested in our services, please fill out the online inquiry form and tell us more about your project.

References

1. An H; et al. Pectin-based injectable and biodegradable self-healing hydrogels for enhanced synergistic anticancer therapy. Acta Biomater. 2021, 131:149-161.
2. Wu X; et al. Fully physically crosslinked pectin-based hydrogel with high stretchability and toughness for biomedical application. Int J Biol Macromol. 2020, 149:707-716.