Hyaluronic acid: A review on its biology, aspects of drug delivery, route of administrations and a special emphasis on its approved marketed products and recent …

S Vasvani, P Kulkarni, D Rawtani - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a large non-sulphated glycosaminoglycan that is an important
component of extracellular matrix (ECM) and a biodegradable polymer. Due to a variation in …

Recent advances of polymer-based piezoelectric composites for biomedical applications

F Mokhtari, B Azimi, M Salehi, S Hashemikia… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, electronics have become central to many aspects of biomedicine
and wearable device technologies as a promising personalized healthcare platform. Lead …

Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy review: shedding new light on old problems

S Shashkova, MC Leake - Bioscience reports, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Fluorescence microscopy is an invaluable tool in the biosciences, a genuine workhorse
technique offering exceptional contrast in conjunction with high specificity of labelling with …

Functionalizing PLGA and PLGA derivatives for drug delivery and tissue regeneration applications

C Martins, F Sousa, F Araujo… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (lactic‐co‐glycolic) acid (PLGA) is one of the most versatile biomedical
polymers, already approved by regulatory authorities to be used in human research and …

Recent advances in bacterial cellulose

Y Huang, C Zhu, J Yang, Y Nie, C Chen, D Sun - Cellulose, 2014 - Springer
Bacterial cellulose (BC) produced by some microorganisms has been widely accepted as a
multifunctional nano-biomaterial. It is composed of linear glucan molecules attached with …

Photoinitiated polymerization: advances, challenges, and opportunities

Y Yagci, S Jockusch, NJ Turro - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
The use of photoinitiated polymerization is continuously growing in industry as reflected by
the large number of applications in not only conventional areas such as coatings, inks, and …

Drug release kinetics and transport mechanisms of non-degradable and degradable polymeric delivery systems

Y Fu, WJ Kao - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The advancement in material design and engineering has led to the
rapid development of new materials with increasing complexity and functions. Both non …

[PDF][PDF] Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan): a review

J Necas, L Bartosikova, P Brauner, J Kolar - Veterinarni medicina, 2008 - academia.edu
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a high molecular weight biopolysacharide, discovered in 1934, by
Karl Meyer and his assistant, John Palmer in the vitreous of bovine eyes. Hyaluronic acid is …

Key terminology in biomaterials and biocompatibility

L Ghasemi-Mobarakeh, D Kolahreez… - Current Opinion in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomaterials have gained much interest as a very important category of materials because of
their wide application in medicine and benefit to patient such as increased longevity and …

Fiber optic bio and chemical sensors

S Yin, C Zhan, PB Ruffin - Fiber optic sensors, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Fiber optic bio and chemical sensors have been widely studied for the past 10 years. The
availability of new types of optical fibers (such as IR fibers, photonic crystal fibers), new types …