Nanogels: Synthesis, properties, and recent biomedical applications

QY Duan, YX Zhu, HR Jia, SH Wang, FG Wu - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanogels, also termed hydrogel nanoparticles, have the properties and functions of both
nanomaterials and hydrogels. Till date, a considerable number of nanogels have been …

Star polymers

JM Ren, TG McKenzie, Q Fu, EHH Wong, J Xu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in controlled/living polymerization techniques and highly efficient coupling
chemistries have enabled the facile synthesis of complex polymer architectures with …

Basic concepts and recent advances in nanogels as carriers for medical applications

I Neamtu, AG Rusu, A Diaconu, LE Nita, AP Chiriac - Drug delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Nanogels in biomedical field are promising and innovative materials as dispersions of
hydrogel nanoparticles based on crosslinked polymeric networks that have been called as …

Biodegradable polymer nanogels for drug/nucleic acid delivery

Y Li, D Maciel, J Rodrigues, X Shi, H Tomás - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Despite the extensive research on therapeutic delivery, many problems still exist on how to
develop a proper platform (a carrier) that can deliver drugs/nucleic acids to specific sites of …

Functional block copolymer assemblies responsive to tumor and intracellular microenvironments for site-specific drug delivery and enhanced imaging performance

Z Ge, S Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled nanostructures of amphiphilic and double hydrophilic block copolymers
have been increasingly utilized as potent polymeric nanocarriers of therapeutic drugs …

Polymeric nanostructured materials for biomedical applications

Z Tang, C He, H Tian, J Ding, BS Hsiao, B Chu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanostructured materials (PNMs), which are polymeric materials in nanoscale or
polymer composites containing nanomaterials, have become increasingly useful for …

Biodegradable polymeric micelles for targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery: promises, progress and prospects

C Deng, Y Jiang, R Cheng, F Meng, Z Zhong - Nano today, 2012 - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymeric micelles have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for
targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery due to their excellent biocompatibility …

Glutathione responsive polymers and their application in drug delivery systems

JF Quinn, MR Whittaker, TP Davis - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials which respond to biological cues are the subject of intense research interest due
to their possible application in smart drug delivery vehicles. In particular, novel polymers …

Synthesis of block copolymers used in polymersome fabrication: Application in drug delivery

M Hasannia, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic block copolymers are common materials used for the fabrication of various
nanostructures with biomedical applications including nanocapsules, nanospheres, micelles …

Rational construction of polycystine-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

J Chen, J Yang, J Ding - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypeptide-based nanoparticles are one of the promising excipients of nanomedicines due
to their excellent biosafety and flexible modification. Among all the types of polypeptide …