[HTML][HTML] Polymeric micelles in drug delivery: An insight of the techniques for their characterization and assessment in biorelevant conditions

M Ghezzi, S Pescina, C Padula, P Santi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymeric micelles, ie aggregation colloids formed in solution by self-assembling of
amphiphilic polymers, represent an innovative tool to overcome several issues related to …

Hydrogels in a historical perspective: From simple networks to smart materials

SJ Buwalda, KWM Boere, PJ Dijkstra, J Feijen… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …

In situ-forming hydrogels—review of temperature-sensitive systems

E Ruel-Gariepy, JC Leroux - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2004 - Elsevier
In the past few years, an increasing number of in situ-forming systems have been reported in
the literature for various biomedical applications, including drug delivery, cell encapsulation …

Amphiphilic block copolymers for drug delivery

ML Adams, A Lavasanifar, GS Kwon - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2003 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic block copolymers (ABCs) have been used extensively in pharmaceutical
applications ranging from sustained-release technologies to gene delivery. The utility of …

PEG–PLGA copolymers: Their structure and structure-influenced drug delivery applications

K Zhang, X Tang, J Zhang, W Lu, X Lin, Y Zhang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the paper, we begin by describing polyethylene glycol–poly lactic acid-co-glycolic acid
(PEG–PLGA) which was chosen as a typical model copolymer for the construction of nano …

In situ gelling stimuli-sensitive block copolymer hydrogels for drug delivery

C He, SW Kim, DS Lee - Journal of controlled release, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Injectable biodegradable hydrogels

MK Nguyen, DS Lee - Macromolecular bioscience, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable biodegradable copolymer hydrogels, which exhibit a sol–gel phase transition in
response to external stimuli, such as temperature changes or both pH and temperature …

Drug release from biodegradable injectable thermosensitive hydrogel of PEG–PLGA–PEG triblock copolymers

B Jeong, YH Bae, SW Kim - Journal of controlled release, 2000 - Elsevier
An aqueous solution of newly developed low-molecular-weight PEG–PLGA–PEG triblock
copolymers with a specific composition is a free flowing sol at room temperature but …

Toward 'smart'nano-objects by self-assembly of block copolymers in solution

J Rodriguez-Hernandez, F Chécot, Y Gnanou… - Progress in polymer …, 2005 - Elsevier
In recent years, the synthesis and analysis of novel copolymer-based nanomaterials in
solution have been extensively pursued. The interest in such structures lies in the fact that …

Thermosensitive polymeric hydrogels as drug delivery systems

C Gong, T Qi, X Wei, Y Qu, Q Wu… - Current medicinal …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Thermosensitive hydrogels are very important biomaterials used in drug delivery systems
(DDSs), which gained increasing attention of researchers. Thermosensitive hydrogels have …