PEG-based thermosensitive and biodegradable hydrogels

J Shi, L Yu, J Ding - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Injectable thermosensitive hydrogels are free-flowing polymer solutions at low or room
temperature, making them easy to encapsulate the therapeutic payload or cells via simply …

Hydrogel design strategies for drug delivery

CA Dreiss - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are water-swollen three-dimensional networks made of polymers, proteins, small
molecules or colloids. They constitute a versatile platform for drug delivery because of their …

Smart stimuli-responsive implantable drug delivery systems for programmed and on-demand cancer treatment: An overview on the emerging materials

Z Mazidi, S Javanmardi, SM Naghib… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite noteworthy developments in tumor therapy, cancer is still one of the main reasons
for death worldwide. While present cures supply hopeful marks, they trigger harsh …

Combination therapy of killing diseases by injectable hydrogels: from concept to medical applications

F Poustchi, H Amani, Z Ahmadian… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of hard‐to‐treat diseases strongly undermines the therapeutic potential of
available treatment options. Therefore, a paradigm shift from monotherapy toward …

Nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

S Huang, X Hong, M Zhao, N Liu, H Liu… - Bioengineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials' unique structures at the nanometer level determine their incredible functions,
and based on this, they can be widely used in the field of nanomedicine. However …

Recent advances in host‐guest supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

S Wang, PJ Ong, S Liu, W Thitsartarn… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The recognition‐directed host‐guest interaction is recognized as a valuable tool for creating
supramolecular polymers. Functional hydrogels constructed through the dynamic and …

Responsive hydrogels based on triggered click reactions for liver cancer

JQ Zhu, H Wu, ZL Li, XF Xu, H Xing… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, liver cancer, which is one of the major cancers worldwide, has attracted the
growing attention of technological researchers for its high mortality and limited treatment …

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for intratumoral drug delivery

AC Marques, PJ Costa, S Velho, MH Amaral - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The ability of some hydrogels to exhibit a phase transition or change their structure in
response to stimuli has been extensively explored for drug depot formation and controlled …

Recent advances in polymer-based photothermal materials for biological applications

L Xiao, X Chen, X Yang, J Sun… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The photothermal effect, which is a phenomenon of converting light energy into thermal
energy using photothermal conversion materials, has recently attracted significant attention …

Engineered cyclodextrin-based supramolecular hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Zhao, Z Zheng, CY Yu, H Wei - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclodextrin (CD)-based supramolecular hydrogels are polymer network systems with the
ability to rapidly form reversible three-dimensional porous structures through multiple cross …