海藻酸盐纤维应用现状及发展趋势

海藻酸盐纤维是一种用海藻酸钠制备而成的生物基纤维，原料来源于海洋褐藻，生物相容性好，在溶液中通过离子交换可形成凝胶，有很高的吸湿保湿性，基于其特点，国内外学者对其应用进行了大量的研究及报道。为了更全面地对其应用发展进行总结，通过查阅大量的文献报道，文章从海藻酸盐纤维的发展历史开始，介绍了海藻酸盐纤维的优缺点，并对海藻酸盐纤维的应用及限制条件进行了说明，后重点对海藻酸盐纤维为基础的医用敷料的发展历史和现状进行了总结，最后综合市场的发展对海藻酸敷料的国内研究方向和海藻酸盐纤维在纺织品方面的进一步应用和研究也提出了一些建议。

Current status and development trend of application of alginate fiber

Alginate fibre is one of well recognised bio-polymer fibres. Its raw material (sodium alginate) is extracted from brown seaweed. The fiber has a very good biocompatibility, forms gels on contacting with wound fluid through ion exchanges, and has a good moisture absorption and retention capacities. There have been a large body of researches and reports on this material over the past decades. In this paper, the authors reviewed the history of the alginate fiber, compared the strength and the weakness of the material and discussed the applications and limitations of the technology. In particular, the authors summarized the developments of alginate fiber as an advanced wound dressing. The authors therefore have made suggestions regarding the further development needs of alginate fiber and it technologies in general textile applications and in medical applications.