Hydrogels are considered key tools for the design of biomaterials, such as wound dressings,
drug reservoirs, and temporary scaffolds for cells. Despite their potential, conventional …

Smart hydrogels, or stimuli-responsive hydrogels, are three-dimensional networks
composed of crosslinked hydrophilic polymer chains that are able to dramatically change …

Atmospheric water harvesting is a promising approach for obtaining freshwater resources,
but achieving high levels of light absorption, hygroscopic capacity, and desorption efficiency …

During the last few decades, many researchers have investigated the self-assembly
behavior of amphiphilic block copolymers. Most of these studies concerned nanostructures …

Rapidly responding stimuli-responsive materials can have a benefit in a myriad of
applications, for example, sensing and biosensing, actuation, and in drug delivery systems …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a crucial signaling molecule with various functions in physiological
systems. Due to its potent biological effect, the preparation of responsive biomaterials upon …

The use of nanocarrier delivery systems for direct nose to brain drug delivery shows promise
for achieving increased brain drug levels as compared to simple solution systems. An …

We report on the use of hydrostatic pressure, P, to deswell thermosensitive poly (N-
isopropylacrylamide)(pNIPAM) microgels and show that it can affect the polymer− solvent …

We have investigated rapidly thermo-responsive NIPA gel containing polymer surfactant
PMDP (NIPA-PMDP gel) as a potential drug carrier using (+)-l-ascorbic acid as a model …

Copolymer-based nanocomposite hydrogels (NC gels) were synthesized through in situ
copolymerization of two monomers, N-isopropylacrylamide (N) and N, N-dimethylacrylamide …