[HTML][HTML] Functional bio-based polymeric hydrogels for wastewater treatment: from remediation to sensing applications

G Rando, E Scalone, S Sfameni, MR Plutino - Gels, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, many researchers have focused on designing hydrogels with specific
functional groups that exhibit high affinity for various contaminants, such as heavy metals …

Advances in stimuli-responsive polymeric hydrogels for anticancer drug delivery: A review

AM Omer, EM Abd El-Monaem, AS Eltaweil… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer remains a critical global health challenge, being the second leading cause of death
worldwide, following cardiovascular illnesses. Traditional chemotherapy is hampered by …

Self-healing of Pluronic® F127 hydrogels in the presence of various polysaccharides

A Lupu, LM Gradinaru, D Rusu, M Bercea - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermoresponsive Pluronic® F127 (PL) gels in water were investigated through rheological
tests in different shear conditions. The gel strength was tuned with the addition of 1 …

Hydrogels for Chemical Sensing and Biosensing

H Li, C Dai, Y Hu - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development and synthesis of hydrogels for chemical and biosensing are of great value.
Hydrogels can be tailored to its own physical structure, chemical properties, biocompatibility …

Thermo-responsive hydrogels encapsulating targeted core–shell nanoparticles as injectable drug delivery systems

EG Ertugral-Samgar, AM Ozmen, O Gok - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
As therapeutic agents that allow for minimally invasive administration, injectable
biomaterials stand out as effective tools with tunable properties. Furthermore, hydrogels with …

pH-Driven Enzymatic Breakdown and Release of Catalase from Alginate Hydrogel

A Tverdokhlebova, I Sterin, TM Jayaweera… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-induced release resulting in biochemical transformations has received a lot of
attention due to its application in controlled drug release. In this work, catalase (EC 1.11 …

Barnacle-Inspired Integration of Alginate Multilayer Hydrogels Via Calcium Mineralization

C Liu, Z Li, C Liu, Z Shi, X Wang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Multilayered hydrogels with an organization of distinct functional layers have emerged as
the preferred materials for biomedical applications. Taking inspiration from the symbiotic …

Chemical modification of α-chymotrypsin enabling its release from alginate hydrogel by electrochemically generated local pH change

A Tverdokhlebova, I Sterin, TM Jayaweera… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the controlled release of α-chymotrypsin from an alginate hydrogel
matrix. When protein molecules entrapped in the hydrogel matrix have a size smaller than …

Thermosensitive injectable polysaccharide-based hydrogels: Gelation mechanisms, synthetic strategies, biomedical applications, and challenges

M Sun, H Sun, S Jiang, Y Tian - BioResources, 2024 - search.proquest.com
In recent years, thermosensitive polysaccharide-based injectable hydrogels have gained
increasing attention in biomedical applications, including wound healing, drug delivery, and …

[HTML][HTML] Alginate Heterografted Copolymer Thermo-Induced Hydrogel Reinforced by PAA-gP (boc-L-Lysine): Effects on Hydrogel Thermoresponsiveness

AA Moschidi, C Tsitsilianis - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this article, we report on the alginate heterografted by Poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-N-
tert-butyl acrylamide) and Poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide)(ALG-gP (NIPAM86-co-NtBAM14)-g …