Nonspecific distribution and uncontrollable release of drugs in conventional drug delivery
systems (CDDSs) have led to the development of smart nanocarrier-based drug delivery …

Responsive polymer-based materials are capable of altering their chemical and/or physical
properties upon exposure to external stimuli. These materials have been intensively studied …

Hydrogels, which are hydrophilic soft porous networks, are an important class of materials of
broad relevance to bioanalytical chemistry, soft‐robotics, drug delivery, and regenerative …

Cancer accounts for millions of deaths every year and, due to the increase and aging of the
world population, the number of new diagnosed cases is continuously rising. Although many …

Polymers have played an integral role in the advancement of drug delivery technology by
providing controlled release of therapeutic agents in constant doses over long periods …

In the last past dozen years, polymersomes (Ps) have attracted tremendous attention as
versatile carriers because of their colloidal stability, tunable membrane properties and ability …

Micelles are colloidal particles with a size around 5–100 nm which are currently under
investigation as carriers for hydrophobic drugs in anticancer therapy. Currently, five micellar …

Amphiphilic block copolymers are well established as building blocks for the preparation of
micellar drug carriers. Over the past decade, the effectiveness of such self-assembled drug …

Stimuli responsive polymers can provide a variety of applications for the biomedical fields.
The interest in these polymers has exponentially increased due to their promising potential …

Aqueous polymer solutions that are transformed into gels by changes in environmental
conditions, such as temperature and pH, thus resulting in in situ hydrogel formation, have …