Polyanhydrides: an overview

N Kumar, RS Langer, AJ Domb - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Polyanhydrides have been considered to be useful biomaterials as carriers of drugs to
various organs of the human body such as brain, bone, blood vessels, and eyes. They can …

Degradable polymer microspheres for controlled drug delivery

U Edlund, AC Albertsson - Degradable aliphatic polyesters, 2002 - Springer
Controlled drug delivery technology is concerned with the systematic release of a
pharmaceutical agent to maintain a therapeutic level of the drug in the body for a sustained …

Biocompatibility of implantable synthetic polymeric drug carriers: focus on brain biocompatibility

E Fournier, C Passirani, CN Montero-Menei, JP Benoit - Biomaterials, 2003 - Elsevier
Numerous polymeric biomaterials are implanted each year in human bodies. Among them,
drug delivery devices are potent novel powerful therapeutics for diseases which lack …

A surface-eroding poly (1, 3-trimethylene carbonate) coating for fully biodegradable magnesium-based stent applications: toward better biofunction, biodegradation …

J Wang, Y He, MF Maitz, B Collins, K Xiong, L Guo… - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Biodegradable magnesium-based materials have a high potential for cardiovascular stent
applications; however, there exist concerns on corrosion control and biocompatibility. A …

Complicity of degradable polymers in health-care applications

S Anju, N Prajitha, VS Sukanya, PV Mohanan - Materials Today Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric biomaterials have revolutionized biomedical technology and related fields as
biomaterials for health-care applications. Recent trend in polymeric medical technology has …

Enhanced mechanical properties of 1, 3-trimethylene carbonate polymers and networks

AP Pêgo, DW Grijpma, J Feijen - Polymer, 2003 - Elsevier
Poly (1, 3-trimethylene carbonate), poly (TMC), has often been regarded as a rubbery
polymer that cannot be applied in the biomedical field due to its poor dimensional stability …

Polymeric controlled drug-delivery systems: perspective issues and opportunities

MNV Ravi Kumar, N Kumar § - Drug development and industrial …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Although, the drug-delivery system (DDS) concept is not new, great progress has been
made recently in the treatment of a variety of diseases. Targeting delivery of drugs to the …

Synthesis and drug release behavior of poly (trimethylene carbonate)–poly (ethylene glycol)–poly (trimethylene carbonate) nanoparticles

Y Zhang, R Zhuo - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
ABA-type triblock copolymers poly (trimethylene carbonate)–poly (ethylene glycol)–poly
(trimethylene carbonate) were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene …

Poly (trimethylene carbonate) and monomethoxy poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly (trimethylene carbonate) nanoparticles for the controlled release of dexamethasone

Z Zhang, DW Grijpma, J Feijen - Journal of controlled release, 2006 - Elsevier
In this study, single emulsion and salting out methods were employed to prepare poly
(trimethylene carbonate)(PTMC) and monomethoxy poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly …

Fatty Acid-Based Polycarbonates Synthesis and Crosslinking through the Malonate Route

PL Durand, C Le Coz, É Grau… - … Green Chemistry in …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this study, a series of fatty acid-based 6-member cyclic carbonates, 6CCs, were
synthesized through the malonate route and the conditions to their copolymerization with …