Mathematical modelling and controlled drug delivery: matrix systems

M Grassi, G Grassi - Current drug delivery, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
This paper deals with the physical and mathematical modelling description of drug release
from matrix systems. In the introduction, matrix systems are considered in the wide frame of …

Hydrogels for musculoskeletal tissue engineering

S Varghese, JH Elisseeff - Polymers for regenerative medicine, 2006 - Springer
The advancements in scaffold-supported cell therapy for musculoskeletal tissue engineering
have been truly dramatic in the last couple of decades. This article briefly reviews the role of …

[BOOK][B] Understanding drug release and absorption mechanisms: a physical and mathematical approach

M Grassi, G Grassi, R Lapasin, I Colombo - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Demand for better reliability from drug delivery systems has caused designers and
researchers to move away from trial-and-error approaches and toward model-based …

Novel insights into membrane fouling caused by gel layer in a membrane bioreactor: Effects of hydrogen bonding

Y Chen, J Teng, L Shen, G Yu, R Li, Y Xu, F Wang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gel layer formation in some cases directly determines membrane fouling extent in
membrane bioreactors (MBRs). While hydrogen bonding interactions extensively exist in …

Chain Collapse and Revival Thermodynamics of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel

S Sun, J Hu, H Tang, P Wu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional correlation infrared spectroscopy (2DIR) and a newly developed
perturbation correlation moving window (PCMW) technique were employed to study the …

Studies of the Thermal Volume Transition of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels by High-Sensitivity Differential Scanning Microcalorimetry. 2. Thermodynamic …

VY Grinberg, AS Dubovik, DV Kuznetsov… - …, 2000 - ACS Publications
We report the first accurate measurements of the partial heat capacity of poly (N-
isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels with varying cross-link density. When the cross-link density …

Predictions of Bound Water Content in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gel

AK Lele, MM Hirve, MV Badiger, RA Mashelkar - Macromolecules, 1997 - ACS Publications
Water exists in two distinctly different physical states in a cross-linked hydrophilic polymeric
gel. In the swollen state of the gel, most of the water is in a “free” state and can freeze at the …

Towards a predictive thermodynamic description of sorption processes in polymers: The synergy between theoretical EoS models and vibrational spectroscopy

G Mensitieri, G Scherillo, C Panayiotou… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding and predicting sorption thermodynamics of low molecular weight compounds
in rubbery and glassy polymers is of great relevance to elucidate important phenomena in …

Self-assembly of photochromic diarylethenes with amphiphilic side chains: reversible thermal and photochemical control

T Hirose, K Matsuda, M Irie - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
Diarylethene derivatives with hexaethylene glycol side chains were synthesized and their
self-assembling and photochromic reactivity were investigated. The diarylethenes showed …

Modeling and simulation of the bending behavior of electrically-stimulated cantilevered hydrogels

A Attaran, J Brummund… - Smart Materials and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic development of a chemo–electro–mechanical continuum model—for the
application of electrically-stimulated cantilevered hydrogels—and its numerical …