Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Overview of nanoparticulate strategies for solubility enhancement of poorly soluble drugs

KU Khan, MU Minhas, SF Badshah, M Suhail, A Ahmad… - Life Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Poor aqueous solubility and poor bioavailability are major issues with many pharmaceutical
industries. By some estimation, 70–90% drug candidates in development stage while up-to …

Stimulus-responsive polymeric nanogels as smart drug delivery systems

S Hajebi, N Rabiee, M Bagherzadeh, S Ahmadi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanogels are three-dimensional nanoscale networks formed by physically or chemically
cross-linking polymers. Nanogels have been explored as drug delivery systems due to their …

Synthesis of nanogels: Current trends and future outlook

E Mauri, SM Giannitelli, M Trombetta, A Rainer - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nanogels represent an innovative platform for tunable drug release and targeted therapy in
several biomedical applications, ranging from cancer to neurological disorders. The design …

Strategic design of intelligent-responsive nanogel carriers for cancer therapy

H Wang, L Gao, T Fan, C Zhang, B Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to the distinctive constituents of tumor tissue from those healthy organs,
nanomedicine strategies show significant potentials in smart drug delivery. Nowadays …

Polysaccharide-based nanogels for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review

F Damiri, S Rojekar, Y Bachra, RS Varma… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biomedical, biotech, and food industries all use polysaccharides as vital biomolecules
with a variety of applications. Polysaccharides have a great deal of potential as biomaterials …

Nanogels as drug carriers–Introduction, chemical aspects, release mechanisms and potential applications

S Shah, N Rangaraj, K Laxmikeshav… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanogels, also known as next generation drug delivery systems are in the limelight of the
research owing to their advantages like high loading, tunability of size, stimuli …

Upper critical solution temperature polymeric drug carriers

M Le, W Huang, KF Chen, C Lin, L Cai, H Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive polymers are widely used as drug carriers in therapeutic applications.
Upper critical solution temperature (UCST) polymeric carriers undergo a phase transition …

Dispersion polymerization in environmentally benign solvents via reversible deactivation radical polymerization

X Wang, L Shen, Z An - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
There is much recent interest in dispersion polymerization conducted via reversible
deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP). This review is focused on RDRP-mediated …

2-(methylthio) ethyl methacrylate: A versatile monomer for stimuli responsiveness and polymerization-induced self-assembly in the presence of air

S Xu, G Ng, J Xu, RP Kuchel, J Yeow… - ACS Macro Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this communication, we investigate the photoinduced electron/energy transfer–reversible
addition–fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization of 2-(methylthio) ethyl …