Organogels versus hydrogels: advantages, challenges, and applications

MA Kuzina, DD Kartsev… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organogels are an important class of gels, and are comparable to hydrogels owing to their
properties as liquid‐infused soft materials. Despite the extensive choice of liquid media and …

Polymerization reactions and modifications of polymers by ionizing radiation

A Ashfaq, MC Clochard, X Coqueret, C Dispenza… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionizing radiation has become the most effective way to modify natural and synthetic
polymers through crosslinking, degradation, and graft polymerization. This review will …

New developments in medical applications of hybrid hydrogels containing natural polymers

C Vasile, D Pamfil, E Stoleru, M Baican - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanocarrier-assisted therapeutics delivery systems

S Su, PM Kang - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnologies have attracted increasing attention in their application in medicine,
especially in the development of new drug delivery systems. With the help of nano-sized …

Synthesis of nanogels: Current trends and future outlook

E Mauri, SM Giannitelli, M Trombetta, A Rainer - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanogels represent an innovative platform for tunable drug release and targeted therapy in
several biomedical applications, ranging from cancer to neurological disorders. The design …

Design and development of hybrid hydrogels for biomedical applications: Recent trends in anticancer drug delivery and tissue engineering

MH Cai, XY Chen, LQ Fu, WL Du, X Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The applications of hydrogels in biomedical field has been since multiple decades.
Discoveries in biology and chemistry render this platform endowed with much engineering …

Recent advances in the redox-responsive drug delivery nanoplatforms: A chemical structure and physical property perspective

S Mollazadeh, M Mackiewicz… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Poor water solubility, off-target toxicity, and small therapeutic window are among major
obstacles for the development of drug products. Redox-responsive drug delivery …

Principles of magnetic hyperthermia: a focus on using multifunctional hybrid magnetic nanoparticles

IM Obaidat, V Narayanaswamy, S Alaabed… - Magnetochemistry, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hyperthermia is a noninvasive method that uses heat for cancer therapy where high
temperatures have a damaging effect on tumor cells. However, large amounts of heat need …

From prevention to diagnosis and treatment: Biomedical applications of metal nanoparticle-hydrogel composites

AJ Clasky, JD Watchorn, PZ Chen, FX Gu - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent advances in biomaterials integrate metal nanoparticles with hydrogels to generate
composite materials that exhibit new or improved properties. By precisely controlling the …

Multifunctional polymeric nanoplatforms for brain diseases diagnosis, therapy and theranostics

S Shakeri, M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi, R Roghanian… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) acts as a barrier to prevent the central nervous system (CNS)
from damage by substances that originate from the blood circulation. The BBB limits drug …