Protein therapeutics have emerged as a significant role in treatment of a broad spectrum of
diseases, including cancer, metabolic disorders and autoimmune diseases. The efficacy of …

Precise control over the release of drug from devices implanted in the body, such as
quantity, timing, is highly desirable in order to optimise drug therapy. In this paper, the …

Stimuli responsive polyelectrolyte hydrogels may be useful for soft robotics because of their
ability to transform chemical energy into mechanical motion without the use of external …

There has been considerable progress in developing traditional actuator technologies for
robotics in the past few years. Nevertheless, if we are to achieve the lightweight, high …

'Artificial'actuator technologies under development include shape memory alloys,
piezoelectric actuators, magnetostrictive actuators, contractile polymers and electrostatic …

This paper, the third in a series of four review papers to appear in this journal, presents a
number of descriptions of various modeling and simulation techniques and, briefly, the …

Stimuli-responsive polymeric depots capable of on-demand release of therapeutics promise
a substantial improvement in the treatment of many local diseases. These systems have the …

The structural design, kinematics and swimming dynamics of autonomous swimming robotic
structures which utilize an arrangement of electrically controlled ionic polymeric gel muscles …

This article is a review of the research on environmentally responsive polymer gels done by
Stevin H. Gehrke's research group at the University of Cincinnati. This group has studied a …

An overview was given on polymer gel with respect to its structure, gelation process,
properties, and applications. In a structural analysis it is necessary to have a different scale …