Stimuli-responsive hydrogels for local post-surgical drug delivery

E Askari, A Seyfoori, M Amereh, SS Gharaie… - Gels, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, surgical operations, followed by systemic drug delivery, are the prevailing
treatment modality for most diseases, including cancers and trauma-based injuries …

Polymeric nanoparticles and nanogels: how do they interact with proteins?

A Sadeghi, S PourEskandar, E Askari, M Akbari - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymeric nanomaterials, nanogels, and solid nanoparticles can be fabricated using single
or double emulsion methods. These materials hold great promise for various biomedical …

Microfluidic‐Assisted CTC Isolation and In Situ Monitoring Using Smart Magnetic Microgels

A Seyfoori, SA Seyyed Ebrahimi, M Samandari… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Capturing rare disease‐associated biomarkers from body fluids can offer an early‐stage
diagnosis of different cancers. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are one of the major cancer …

Multifunctional nanoparticles for multimodal imaging-guided low-intensity focused ultrasound/immunosynergistic retinoblastoma therapy

M Wang, Q Yang, M Li, H Zou, Z Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Retinoblastoma (RB) is prone to delayed diagnosis or treatment and has an increased
likelihood of metastasizing. Thus, it is crucial to perform an effective imaging examination …

Light‐Driven Spatiotemporal Pickering Emulsion Droplet Manipulation Enabled by Plasmonic Hybrid Microgels

X Guan, G Cheng, YP Ho, BP Binks, T Ngai - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The past decades have witnessed the development of various stimuli‐responsive materials
with tailored functionalities, enabling droplet manipulation through external force fields …

Classification, synthesis, characterization, and applications of metal nanoparticle-containing hybrid microgels: a comprehensive review

M Arif, H Raza, T Akhter - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last ten years, there has been significant interest in the integration of metal
nanoparticles (MNPs) in smart microgels (SMGs). These combined structures of metal …

[HTML][HTML] A micropillar array-based microfluidic chip for label-free separation of circulating tumor cells: The best micropillar geometry?

M Rahmanian, OS Hematabad, E Askari… - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The information derived from the number and characteristics of circulating tumor
cells (CTCs), is crucial to ensure appropriate cancer treatment monitoring. Currently, diverse …

Synergic thermo-and pH-sensitive hybrid microgels loaded with fluorescent dyes and ultrasmall gold nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal …

Y Xiao, K Pandey, A Nicolás-Boluda… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Smart microgels (μGels) made of polymeric particles doped with inorganic nanoparticles
have emerged recently as promising multifunctional materials for nanomedicine …

Multifunctional thermoresponsive microcarriers for high‐throughput cell culture and enzyme‐free cell harvesting

SMH Dabiri, E Samiei, S Shojaei, L Karperien… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An effective treatment of human diseases using regenerative medicine and cell therapy
approaches requires a large number of cells. Cultivation of cells on microcarriers is a …

Magnetic microgels and nanogels: Physical mechanisms and biomedical applications

B Sung, MH Kim, L Abelmann - Bioengineering & translational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft micro‐and nanostructures have been extensively developed for biomedical
applications. The main focus has been on multifunctional composite materials that combine …