Over the past few decades, advances in “aerogel science” have provoked an increasing
interest for these materials in pharmaceutical sciences for drug delivery applications …

Aerogels are the lightest processed solid materials on Earth and with the largest empty
volume fraction in their structure. Composition versatility, modularity, and feasibility of …

The application of aerogels as drug delivery system was successfully demonstrated for silica
aerogels previously. However, being biocompatible silica matrices are not biodegradable …

Polysaccharides are regarded as key ingredients for the production of bio-based materials
in life sciences (eg, food, cosmetics, medical devices, pharmaceutics). The biodegradability …

Aerogels are nanoporous materials with an open-pore structure and high specific surface
area. Because of their outstanding properties they have been investigated in immense fields …

The present review deals with recent advances in the rapidly growing field of aerogel
research and technology. The major focus of the review lies in approaches that allow …

Aerogels are an exceptional group of nanoporous materials with outstanding
physicochemical properties. Due to their unique physical, chemical, and mechanical …

The application of biopolymer aerogels as drug delivery systems (DDS) has gained
increased interest during the last decade since these structures have large surface area and …

Due to their high surface area, open pore structure and biocompatibility silica aerogels were
shown to be a promising candidate for drug delivery systems. This work aims to show the …

The unique physicochemical properties of aerogels have made them an attractive class of
materials for biomedical applications such as drug delivery, regenerative medicine, and …