Synthetic hydrogels: Synthesis, novel trends, and applications

USK Madduma‐Bandarage… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels have been generated and explored for use in various applications. The main
objective of this comprehensive review is to collate the fundamental concepts of hydrogels …

Applications of graphene and graphene oxide in smart drug/gene delivery: is the world still flat?

M Hoseini-Ghahfarokhi, S Mirkiani… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Graphene, a wonder material, has made far-reaching developments in many different fields
such as materials science, electronics, condensed physics, quantum physics, energy …

Stimulus-responsive sequential release systems for drug and gene delivery

S Ahmadi, N Rabiee, M Bagherzadeh, F Elmi, Y Fatahi… - Nano today, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, a range of studies have been conducted with the aim to design and
characterize delivery systems that are able to release multiple therapeutic agents in …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for cancer treatment: The role of pH, light, ionic strength and magnetic field

F Andrade, MM Roca-Melendres, EF Durán-Lara… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer remains as the world second leading cause of death. The severe
side effects associated to high doses of chemotherapy and the development of drug …

Recent advances in designing 5-fluorouracil delivery systems: a stepping stone in the safe treatment of colorectal cancer

E Entezar-Almahdi, S Mohammadi-Samani… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fluorouracil (5-FU) has become one of the most widely employed antimetabolite
chemotherapeutic agents in recent decades. It is considered a first line antineoplastic agent …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a new class of stimuli-responsive polymer-based materials–Recent advances and challenges

A Bratek-Skicki - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapidly-growing field of polymer stimuli-responsive materials (smart materials) resulted
in many advances in designing and developing multi-functional systems, novel …

Design of smart size‐, surface‐, and shape‐switching nanoparticles to improve therapeutic efficacy

X Li, EC Montague, A Pollinzi, A Lofts, T Hoare - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple biological barriers must be considered in the design of nanomedicines, including
prolonged blood circulation, efficient accumulation at the target site, effective penetration …

[HTML][HTML] pH and thermoresponsive PNIPAm-co-polyacrylamide hydrogel for dual stimuli-responsive controlled drug delivery

K Thirupathi, TTV Phan, M Santhamoorthy… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The therapeutic delivery system with dual stimuli-responsiveness has attracted attention for
drug delivery to target sites. In this study, we used free radical polymerization to develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology in drug and gene delivery

S Hamimed, M Jabberi, A Chatti - Naunyn-schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Over the last decade, nanotechnology has widely addressed many nanomaterials in the
biomedical area with an opportunity to achieve better-targeted delivery, effective treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative design of targeted nanoparticles: polymer–drug conjugates for enhanced cancer therapy

VB Junyaprasert, P Thummarati - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer–drug conjugates (PDCs) have shown great promise in enhancing the efficacy and
safety of cancer therapy. These conjugates combine the advantageous properties of both …