Controlled release of antibiotics from photopolymerized hydrogels: Kinetics and microbiological studies

A Gallastegui, MB Spesia, IE dell'Erba… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of convenient synthetic methods and improved materials for the
production of high load-capacity and biocompatible drug delivery systems is a challenging …

Gentamicin release from photopolymerized PEG diacrylate and pHEMA hydrogel discs and their in vitro antimicrobial activities

F Ayhan, S Özkan - Drug Delivery, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels based on poly (ethylene glycol)-diacrylate (PEG-DA) and 2-hydroxyethyl
methacrylate (HEMA) were polymerized with cross-linking agent ethylene glycol diacrylate …

Reusable antimicrobial antibiotic-free dressings obtained by photopolymerization

GE Cagnetta, SR Martínez, LE Ibarra, A Gallastegui… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years significant efforts have been made to develop new materials for wound
dressing with improved healing properties. However, the synthesis methods usually …

Ciprofloxacin releasing gellan gum/polydopamine based hydrogels with near infrared activated photothermal properties

C Fiorica, FS Palumbo, G Pitarresi, G Biscari… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, with the aim to obtain a wound dressing hydrogel, an amine derivative of gellan
gum was crosslinked in the presence of 4arm-polyethylenglycole-vinylsulfone. Through this …

Water based PHEMA hydrogels for controlled drug delivery

H Ayhan, F Ayhan - Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, 2018 - degruyter.com
Objective In the scope of presented work, synthesis of water based acrylate hydrogels,
characterization, and their usage in controlled drug release systems were aimed to …

A hydrogel system for drug loading toward the synergistic application of reductive/heat-sensitive drugs

Y Cai, X Fu, Y Zhou, L Lei, J Wang, W Zeng… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The preparation of hydrogels as drug carriers via radical-mediated polymerization has
significant prospects, but the strong oxidizing ability of radicals and the high temperatures …

Transparent low molecular weight poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate-based hydrogels as film media for photoswitchable drugs

T Pelras, S Glass, T Scherzer, C Elsner, A Schulze… - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels have shown a great potential as materials for drug delivery systems thanks to
their usually excellent bio-compatibility and their ability to trap water-soluble organic …

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

C Spagnul, J Greenman, M Wainwright… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that 884 million people lack access to clean
potable water. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising …

Photo-cross-linked biodegradable hydrogels based on n-arm-poly (ethylene glycol), poly (ε-caprolactone) and/or methacrylic acid for controlled drug release

P Hou, N Zhang, R Wu, W Xu… - Journal of Biomaterials …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, a novel kind of photo-cross-linked biodegradable hydrogels based on n-arm-
poly (ethylene glycol)(n= 2, 3, and 4) and poly (ɛ-caprolactone) was prepared by ultraviolet …

Emerging fabrication strategies of hydrogels and its applications

F Ali, I Khan, J Chen, K Akhtar, EM Bakhsh, SB Khan - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, hydrogels have been investigated for the controlled release of bioactive
molecules, such as for living cell encapsulation and matrices. Due to their remote …