Cucumber Biomass Powder as Reinforcing Scaffold for Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) Superabsorbent Hydrogels: Structure and Properties
Unrefined cucumber biomass powder (CBP) was incorporated into a poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) (P(AA-co-AM)) network to develop a superabsorbent hydrogel with enhanced gel network rigidity and swelling performance. CBP served as a renewable reinforcing scaffold, providing a multicomponent biomass matrix for physical...