A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

Ring opening polymerization of α-amino acids: advances in synthesis, architecture and applications of polypeptides and their hybrids

AR Mazo, S Allison-Logan, F Karimi… - Chemical society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypeptides have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their inherent
biodegradability and tunable cytocompatibility. Macromolecular design in conjunction with …

Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Environment sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery applications

D Qureshi, SK Nayak, S Maji, A Anis, D Kim… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, hydrogels have attracted the considerable interest of researchers
for crafting potential controlled drug delivery systems. It may be attributed to their high water …

Thermoresponsive polymers: from natural proteins to amino acid based Polymer synthesis

M Badreldin, P Salas-Ambrosio, E Garanger… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
In polymer science, thermoresponsiveness refers to macromolecular systems that display a
marked and discontinuous change in their physical properties with temperature. Such smart …

Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels and their medical applications

A Pourjavadi, R Heydarpour, ZM Tehrani - New Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The functionality of multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels in physiological states is the reason
for the increased attention of hydrogels nowadays. Multi-stimuli-responsive hydrogels …

Supramolecular peptide nano-assemblies for cancer diagnosis and therapy: from molecular design to material synthesis and function-specific applications

Y Wang, X Zhang, K Wan, N Zhou, G Wei… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Peptide molecule has high bioactivity, good biocompatibility, and excellent biodegradability.
In addition, it has adjustable amino acid structure and sequence, which can be flexible …

Biomaterials via peptide assembly: Design, characterization, and application in tissue engineering

VP Gray, CD Amelung, IJ Duti, EG Laudermilch… - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
A core challenge in biomaterials, with both fundamental significance and technological
relevance, concerns the rational design of bioactive microenvironments. Designed properly …

Nanostructured lipid carrier-based pH and temperature dual-responsive hydrogel composed of carboxymethyl chitosan and poloxamer for drug delivery

Y Yu, R Feng, S Yu, J Li, Y Wang, Y Song… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to develop a novel nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) based dual-
responsive hydrogel for ocular drug delivery of quercetin (QN). NLC loaded with quercetin …

Physical removal of anions from aqueous media by means of a macrocycle-containing polymeric network

X Ji, RT Wu, L Long, C Guo, NM Khashab… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Reported here is a hydrogel-forming polymer network that contains a water-soluble
tetracationic macrocycle. Upon immersion of this polymer network in aqueous solutions …