To PEGylate or not to PEGylate: Immunological properties of nanomedicine's most popular component, polyethylene glycol and its alternatives

D Shi, D Beasock, A Fessler, J Szebeni… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyethylene glycol or PEG has a long history of use in medicine. Many conventional
formulations utilize PEG as either an active ingredient or an excipient. PEG found its use in …

Soft-matter nanotubes: a platform for diverse functions and applications

T Shimizu, W Ding, N Kameta - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled organic nanotubes made of single or multiple molecular components can be
classified into soft-matter nanotubes (SMNTs) by contrast with hard-matter nanotubes, such …

Nano-modified titanium implant materials: a way toward improved antibacterial properties

J Liu, J Liu, S Attarilar, C Wang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Titanium and its alloys have superb biocompatibility, low elastic modulus, and favorable
corrosion resistance. These exceptional properties lead to its wide use as a medical implant …

Comparative study of the efficiency of silicon carbide, boron nitride and carbon nanotube to deliver cancerous drug, azacitidine: A DFT study

N Baildya, S Mazumdar, NK Mridha… - Computers in Biology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein we have made a comparative study of the efficiency of three different nanotubes viz.
Carbon nanotube (CNT), boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) and silicon carbide nanotube …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic carbon nanotubes for neurological disease therapeutics as inherent medication

C Xiang, Y Zhang, W Guo, XJ Liang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, nanotechnology is revolutionizing the approaches to different fields from
manufacture to health. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as promising candidates in nanomedicine …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular organic nanotubes for drug delivery

VS Saji - Materials Today Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic nanotubes (ONTs) have entranced considerable research attention for their
potential applications in drug delivery, sensors, catalysts, optical devices …

Emerging technologies for local cancer treatment

CYX Chua, J Ho, S Demaria, M Ferrari… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The fundamental limitations of systemic therapeutic administration have prompted the
development of local drug delivery platforms as a solution to increase effectiveness and …

Bottom‐up versus top‐down strategies for morphology control in polymer‐based biomedical materials

AB Cook, TD Clemons - Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The size and shape of polymer materials is becoming an increasingly important property in
accessing new functions and applications of nano‐/microparticles in many scientific fields …

[HTML][HTML] Acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives based on ethylene glycol acrylate for flexible display application: Highly elastic and recoverable properties

WC Seok, JT Leem, HJ Song - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
New acrylic PSAs with a high flexibility were synthesized using 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy) ethyl
acrylate (EEA), an ethylene glycol-based acrylate. Compared to acrylic PSAs based on 2 …

Advances in biomimetic hydrogels for organoid culture

L Luo, L Liu, Y Ding, Y Dong, M Ma - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Organoid is a 3-dimensional (3D) cell culture system that mimics the structural and
functional characteristics of organs, and it has promising applications in regenerative …