Injectable hydrogels based on poly (ethylene glycol) and derivatives as functional biomaterials

E Bakaic, NMB Smeets, T Hoare - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogels based on poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) and derivatives have attracted significant
interest in recent years given their capacity to be well-tolerated in vivo in the context of drug …

Hydrogels with smart systems for delivery of hydrophobic drugs

D Gu, AJ O'Connor, G GH Qiao… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Smart hydrogel systems present opportunities to not only provide hydrophobic
molecule encapsulation capability but to also respond to specific delivery routes. Areas …

Enhanced mechanical properties in cellulose nanocrystal–poly (oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) injectable nanocomposite hydrogels through control of physical …

KJ De France, KJW Chan, ED Cranston… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
While injectable hydrogels have several advantages in the context of biomedical use, their
generally weak mechanical properties often limit their applications. Herein, we describe in …

Injectable and pH-responsive silk nanofiber hydrogels for sustained anticancer drug delivery

H Wu, S Liu, L Xiao, X Dong, Q Lu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Silk is useful as a drug carrier due to its biocompatibility, tunable degradation, and
outstanding capacity in maintaining the function of drugs. Injectable silk hydrogels could …

Injectable anisotropic nanocomposite hydrogels direct in situ growth and alignment of myotubes

KJ De France, KG Yager, KJW Chan, B Corbett… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
While injectable in situ cross-linking hydrogels have attracted increasing attention as
minimally invasive tissue scaffolds and controlled delivery systems, their inherently …

Injectable, self-healing hydrogel with tunable optical, mechanical, and antimicrobial properties

W Wang, L Xiang, L Gong, W Hu, W Huang… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Injectable self-healing hydrogels, as implanted materials, have received great attention over
the past decades. The tunable optical and mechanical properties as well as the ability to …

Mechanically reinforced injectable hydrogels

KJ De France, ED Cranston… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Injectable hydrogels have garnered significant research attention in biomedical applications
due to their ability to be delivered to a target site via a minimally invasive route. However …

Double network hydrogel of sodium alginate/polyacrylamide cross-linked with POSS: Swelling, dye removal and mechanical properties

Z Bahrami, A Akbari, B Eftekhari-Sis - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, for the first time, we presented a novel design strategy to fabricate a new type of
Octa-aminopropyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane hydrochloride salt (OA-POSS) …

Tissue response and biodistribution of injectable cellulose nanocrystal composite hydrogels

KJ De France, M Badv, J Dorogin… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Interest in cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-based hydrogels for drug delivery, tissue
engineering, and other biomedical applications has rapidly expanded despite the minimal in …

Functionalized poly (oligo (lactic acid) methacrylate)-block-poly (oligo (ethylene glycol) methacrylate) block copolymers: A synthetically tunable analogue to PLA-PEG …

LP Sadowski, A Singh, DH Luo, MJ Majcher… - European Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract PL (G) A-PEG block polymers have been widely used in a variety of drug delivery
applications but are inherently limited in terms of their capacity for functionalization and thus …