Shape memory materials have emerged as an important class of materials in medicine due
to their ability to change shape in response to a specific stimulus, enabling the simplification …

This review is about the fundamentals and practical issues in applying both heating and
solvent responsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) for implant biomedical devices via …

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) possess unique properties that respond to external stimuli.
The current review discusses types of SMPs, fabrication methods, and the characterization …

Injectable gels have the potential to encapsulate drugs for sustained release of protein
therapeutics for use in the eye. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a biodegradable clinically used …

A fully biodegradable zwitterionic polymer and the corresponding conjugate with paclitaxel
(PTX) were synthesized as promising biomaterials. Allyl-functionalized polylactide (PLA) …

Peritendinous adhesions cause chronic pain and disability. Leading causes are trauma to
tendons and surrounding tissues and immobilization after surgery. Adhesions occur …

Polyurethane foams present a tunable biomaterial platform with potential for use in a range
of regenerative medicine applications. Achieving a balance between scaffold degradation …

A series of poly (lactide)-based polyurethanes with cross-linked network structure was
synthesized through the chain extension of three-arm branched poly (ε-caprolactone-co-γ …

High-performance properties of interpenetration polymer network (IPN) hydrogels, based on
physically crosslinked chitosan (CS) and chemically crosslinked poly (N …

Hypothesis Fabrication of polymeric nanocomposites with suitable nanomaterial via an in-
situ polymerization approach results in multifunctional advanced materials. Experiments The …