[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Interpenetrating polymer networks polysaccharide hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue engineering

P Matricardi, C Di Meo, T Coviello, WE Hennink… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ever increasing improvements of pharmaceutical formulations have been often obtained
by means of the use of hydrogels. In particular, environmentally sensitive hydrogels have …

The thiol-Michael addition click reaction: a powerful and widely used tool in materials chemistry

DP Nair, M Podgorski, S Chatani, T Gong… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The key attribute of the thiol-Michael addition reaction that makes it a prized tool in materials
science is its modular “click” nature, which allows for the implementation of this highly …

A hybrid injectable hydrogel from hyperbranched PEG macromer as a stem cell delivery and retention platform for diabetic wound healing

Q Xu, A Sigen, Y Gao, L Guo, J Creagh-Flynn, D Zhou… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The injectable hydrogel with desirable biocompatibility and tunable properties can improve
the efficacy of stem cell-based therapy. However, the development of injectable hydrogel …

Bioapplications of hyperbranched polymers

D Wang, T Zhao, X Zhu, D Yan, W Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), an important subclass of dendritic macromolecules, are
highly branched, three-dimensional globular nanopolymeric architectures. Attractive …

Injectable polymeric hydrogels for the delivery of therapeutic agents: A review

QV Nguyen, JH Park, DS Lee - European Polymer Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Since drug delivery systems have become one of the most promising areas of human health
related research, the applications of biomaterials such as hydrogels have been widely …

Designing injectable, covalently cross‐linked hydrogels for biomedical applications

M Patenaude, NMB Smeets… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels that can form spontaneously via covalent bond formation upon injection in vivo
have recently attracted significant attention for their potential to address a variety of …

Injectable hydrogel derived from chitosan with tunable mechanical properties via hybrid-crosslinking system

JW Seo, SR Shin, MY Lee, JM Cha, KH Min… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermo-sensitive injectable hydrogels that spontaneously react to physiological temperature
have been widely studied to be used in biomedical fields. However, several challenges on …

Semi-IPNs and IPN-based hydrogels

N Zoratto, P Matricardi - Polymeric gels, 2018 - Elsevier
Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) have been studied extensively since their advent.
The development of IPN systems by using a combination of polymers with different …

Encapsulation and 3D culture of human adipose-derived stem cells in an in-situ crosslinked hybrid hydrogel composed of PEG-based hyperbranched copolymer and …

W Hassan, Y Dong, W Wang - Stem cell research & therapy, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Cell therapy using adipose-derived stem cells has been reported to improve
chronic wounds via differentiation and paracrine effects. One such strategy is to deliver stem …