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 …

Spontaneous bone regeneration is heavily restricted because of bone defects, and external
mediation is required to enhance repair and regeneration. Bone tissue engineering (BTE) is …

This article reviews the state-of-the art in responsive polymer systems for controlled drug
delivery applications. The paper describes different types of stimuli-sensitive systems and …

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) is an effective technique for the design and
preparation of multifunctional, nanostructured materials for a variety of applications in …

Microgels/nanogels are crosslinked polymeric particles, which can be considered as
hydrogels if they are composed of water soluble/swellable polymer chains. They possess …

Environmentally responsive hydrogels have the ability to turn from solution to gel when a
specific stimulus is applied. Thermoresponsive hydrogels utilize temperature change as the …

Numerous non-ionic thermally responsive homopolymers phase separate from their
aqueous solutions upon heating. Far fewer neutral homopolymers are known to phase …

Novel hydrogels based on chitosan/sodium alginate (CS-ALG) were prepared to deliver and
protect lysozyme while eliminating food-borne microorganisms. These hydrogels were …

The purpose of this study is to develop a hydrogel with temperature and redox response to
control drug delivery. However, the strength of temperature sensitive N-isopropylacrylamide …