New trends in biomedical applications of the hybrid polymeric hydrogels, obtained by
combining natural polymers with synthetic ones, have been reviewed …

Nanogels are nanosized crosslinked polymer networks capable of absorbing large
quantities of water. Specifically, smart nanogels are interesting because of their ability to …

Nanomaterials have, by definition, one or more dimension in the nanometer scale (≤ 100
nm) range and subsequently show novel properties from their bulk materials. The synthesis …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with controlled geometrical, optical, and surface chemical
properties are the subject of intensive studies and applications in biology and medicine. To …

This review addresses recent progress in cellulose-based hydrogels design and fabrication.
Firstly, hydrogels fabricated directly from native cellulose (including bacterial cellulose) via …

Nanogels are swollen nanosized networks composed of hydrophilic or amphiphilic polymer
chains. They are developed as carriers for the transport of drugs, and can be designed to …

The use of lasers, over the past few decades, has emerged to be highly promising for cancer
therapy modalities, most commonly the photothermal therapy method, which employs light …

Living organisms have unique homeostatic abilities, maintaining tight control of their local
environment through interconversions of chemical and mechanical energy and self …

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

Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) microgel is perhaps the most well-known intelligent
soft nanomaterial. Combining the strengths of hydrogel and nanoparticles, with unique …