[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired strategies for the synthesis of hydrogel actuators and their applications

W Li, Q Guan, M Li, E Saiz, X Hou - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Nature endows numerous organisms with the ability to realize their basic physiological
activities through stimulus-responsive actuation. Inspired by these interesting biological …

New developments in medical applications of hybrid hydrogels containing natural polymers

C Vasile, D Pamfil, E Stoleru, M Baican - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

Stimuli-responsive nanogel composites and their application in nanomedicine

M Molina, M Asadian-Birjand, J Balach… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanogels are nanosized crosslinked polymer networks capable of absorbing large
quantities of water. Specifically, smart nanogels are interesting because of their ability to …

Pharmapolymers in the 21st century: Synthetic polymers in drug delivery applications

C Englert, JC Brendel, TC Majdanski, T Yildirim… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The administration of drugs, as a main challenge of pharmaceutical and medicinal
applications, has certainly benefited from the application of synthetic polymers. However …

Design and development of hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications: Recent trends in anticancer drug delivery and tissue engineering

MH Cai, XY Chen, LQ Fu, WL Du, X Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The applications of hydrogels in biomedical field has been since multiple decades.
Discoveries in biology and chemistry render this platform endowed with much engineering …

A sodium alginate-based sustained-release IPN hydrogel and its applications

Z Zou, B Zhang, X Nie, Y Cheng, Z Hu, M Liao, S Li - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels are crosslinked by two or more polymer
networks, providing free volume space in the three-dimensional network structure, and …

Specialty tough hydrogels and their biomedical applications

S Fuchs, K Shariati, M Ma - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have long been explored as attractive materials for biomedical applications given
their outstanding biocompatibility, high water content, and versatile fabrication platforms into …

Degradable polymeric bio (nano) materials and their biomedical applications: A comprehensive overview and recent updates

K Kuperkar, LI Atanase, A Bahadur, IC Crivei… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Degradable polymers (both biomacromolecules and several synthetic polymers) for
biomedical applications have been promising very much in the recent past due to their low …

Polysaccharides constructed hydrogels as vehicles for proteins and peptides. A review

ES Dragan, MV Dinu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Macromolecular drugs, such as proteins and peptides, are lately readily available and used
in the treatment of diseases including diabetes and cancer, as well as in therapies such as …

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 …