Hydrogels for biomedical applications: cellulose, chitosan, and protein/peptide derivatives

LJ Del Valle, A Díaz, J Puiggalí - Gels, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels based on polysaccharide and protein natural polymers are of great interest in
biomedical applications and more specifically for tissue regeneration and drug delivery …

Doxorubicin-loaded composite nanogels for cancer treatment

M Mohammadi, L Arabi, M Alibolandi - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanogels as a versatile vehicle for doxorubicin have attracted great attention during the last
decade. Since a nanogel composite device transport encapsulated drugs to the site of action …

3D-printed PCL/PPy conductive scaffolds as three-dimensional porous nerve guide conduits (NGCs) for peripheral nerve injury repair

S Vijayavenkataraman, S Kannan, T Cao… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Conductivity is a desirable property of an ideal nerve guide conduit (NGC) that is being
considered for peripheral nerve regeneration. Most of the conductive polymers reported in …

Recent advancements in conducting polymer bionanocomposites and hydrogels for biomedical applications

CI Idumah - International Journal of Polymeric Materials and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Recently electrically conducting polymeric bionanocomposites (ECPBs) have emerged as
materials for use in biomedical, food and agricultural engineering due to their inherently …

Chitin and chitosan based polyurethanes: A review of recent advances and prospective biomedical applications

A Usman, KM Zia, M Zuber, S Tabasum… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitin and chitosan are amino polysaccharides having massive structural propensities to
produce bioactive materials with innovative properties, functions and diverse applications …

Recent developments in stimuli-responsive polymer nanogels for drug delivery and diagnostics: A review

NK Preman, RR Barki, A Vijayan, SG Sanjeeva… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer nanogels (NGs) are water-swellable, cross-linked 3D network structures with size
typically range from 1 to 1000 nm. Especially, biocompatible and “smart” NGs engineered …

[HTML][HTML] Electrohydrodynamic jet 3D-printed PCL/PAA conductive scaffolds with tunable biodegradability as nerve guide conduits (NGCs) for peripheral nerve injury …

S Vijayavenkataraman, S Thaharah, S Zhang, WF Lu… - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
NGCs are considered as an alternative treatment method for treating peripheral nerve
injuries in place of nerve autografts. Biomimicry, conductivity, and biodegradability are the …

In vitro and in vivo evaluation of therapy targeting epithelial-cell adhesion-molecule aptamers for non-small cell lung cancer

M Alibolandi, M Ramezani, K Abnous, F Sadeghi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Targeted, disease-specific delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles shows wonderful promise
for transmitting highly cytotoxic anti-cancer agents. Using the reaction of non-small cell lung …

Recent advances in engineered chitosan-based nanogels for biomedical applications

H Wang, J Qian, F Ding - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last few decades, chitosan-based nanostructured materials have attracted significant
attention and have been applied in different biomedical fields. Chitosan-based nanogels …

Nanogels for delivery, imaging and therapy

AJ Sivaram, P Rajitha, S Maya… - Wiley …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanogels are hydrogels having size in nanoregime, which is composed of cross‐linked
polymer networks. The advantages of nanogels include stimuli‐responsive nature, easy …