[HTML][HTML] Polymer-based biomaterials for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications: A focus on topical drug administration

PC Pires, F Mascarenhas-Melo, K Pedrosa… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing emergence of skin diseases and the difficulty in treating damaged skin using
conventional therapies have been calling for the development of novel drug delivery …

Application of chitosan and its derivatives in medical materials

W Tang, J Wang, H Hou, Y Li, J Wang, J Fu, L Lu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin is a natural polymeric polysaccharide extracted from marine crustaceans, and
chitosan is obtained by removing part of the acetyl group (usually more than 60%) in chitin's …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in applications of chitosan-based biomaterials for skin tissue engineering

A Madni, R Kousar, N Naeem, F Wahid - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of polymer based composites in the treatment of skin tissue damages, has got huge
attention in clinical demand, which enforced the scientists to improve the methods of …

Wound dressings: Current advances and future directions

E Rezvani Ghomi, S Khalili… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a complicated and continuous process affected by several factors, which
needs an appropriate surrounding to achieve accelerated healing. Wound healing process …

Antibacterial hydrogels

S Li, S Dong, W Xu, S Tu, L Yan, C Zhao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antibacterial materials are recognized as important biomaterials due to their effective
inhibition of bacterial infections. Hydrogels are 3D polymer networks crosslinked by either …

Biomedical Applications of TiO2 Nanostructures: Recent Advances

S Jafari, B Mahyad, H Hashemzadeh… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructures are one of the most plentiful compounds that have
emerged in various fields of technology such as medicine, energy and biosensing. Various …

Hydrogel wound dressings for bioactive treatment of acute and chronic wounds

J Koehler, FP Brandl, AM Goepferich - European Polymer Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogel-based wound dressings are one of the most promising materials in wound care,
fulfilling important dressing requirements, including:(a) keeping the wound moist whilst …

Wound dressings functionalized with silver nanoparticles: promises and pitfalls

K Kalantari, E Mostafavi, AM Afifi, Z Izadiyan… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds. The
clinical challenge for treating wound infections through traditional antibiotics has been …

Recent advancements in biopolymer and metal nanoparticle-based materials in diabetic wound healing management

V Vijayakumar, SK Samal, S Mohanty… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, diabetes mellitus (DM) accelerated diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) remains vivacious
health problem related with delayed healing and high amputation rates which leads to …

Electrospun chitosan membranes containing bioactive and therapeutic agents for enhanced wound healing

R Augustine, SRU Rehman, R Ahmed, AA Zahid… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is one of the most promising techniques for generating porous, nonwoven,
and submicron fiber-based membranes for various applications such as catalysis, sensing …