Stimuli responsive polymers can provide a variety of applications for the biomedical fields.
The interest in these polymers has exponentially increased due to their promising potential …

Stimuli-sensitive block copolymer hydrogels, which are reversible polymer networks formed
by physical interactions and exhibit a sol–gel phase-transition in response to external …

Advanced drug delivery systems (DDS) present indubitable benefits for drug administration.
Over the past three decades, new approaches have been suggested for the development of …

Biocompatible hydrogels have many applications, ranging from contact lenses to tissue
engineering scaffolds. In most cases, rigorous sterilization is essential. Herein we show that …

This review article describes fundamental aspects of cell membrane-inspired phospholipid
polymers and their usefulness in the development of medical devices. Since the early …

This unique text discusses the solution self-assembly of block copolymers and covers all
aspects from basic physical chemistry to applications in soft nanotechnology. Recent …

This review summarizes mostly the literature data accumulated during the last decade on
betaine-type polyampholytes. Synthetic pathways to polybetaines consisting of radical …

Recent progress in controlled radical polymerizations, in particular atom transfer radical
polymerization (ATRP), has provided a unique means for the design and synthesis of …

Numerous polymeric materials have been used in the manufacture of medical devices,
especially for application as artificial organs where the polymer is in contact with blood [1] …

In the past two decades, physical polymeric hydrogels have been extensively explored for
biomedical applications, such as drug delivery and tissue engineering. These hydrogels …