Commercial hydrogels for biomedical applications

SH Aswathy, U Narendrakumar, I Manjubala - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Hydrogels are polymeric networks having the ability to absorb a large volume of water.
Flexibility, versatility, stimuli-responsive, soft structure are the advantages of hydrogels. It is …

Advances in chitosan-based drug delivery systems: A comprehensive review for therapeutic applications

A Haider, S Khan, DN Iqbal, M Shrahili, S Haider… - European polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS), a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer produced from chitin, has
attracted interest in drug delivery due to its unique properties and diverse applications. Over …

Production and application of biomaterials based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as wound dressing

SG ** - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of ideal wound dressing with excellent properties, such as exudate
absorption capacity, drug release control ability, and increased wound healing, is currently a …

Freeze–thaw hydrogel fabrication method: Basic principles, synthesis parameters, properties, and biomedical applications

WX Waresindo, HR Luthfianti, A Priyanto… - Materials Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydrogel is being broadly studied due to their tremendous properties, such as swelling
behavior and biocompatibility. Numerous review articles have discussed hydrogel polymer …

Application of polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan copolymer hydrogels in biomedicine: A review

K Zhang, Y Liu, X Shi, R Zhang, Y He, H Zhang… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels is a hydrophilic, cross-linked polymer of three-dimensional network structures.
The application of hydrogels prepared from a single polymer in the biomedical field has …

A review on hydrogels classification and recent developments in biomedical applications

RD Kasai, D Radhika, S Archana… - … Journal of Polymeric …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A single because of their distinctive traits, hydrogels have become the most preferred
materials for biomedical applications today. Hydrogels are three-dimensional hydrophilic …

Enhancing chemical and physical stability of pharmaceuticals using freeze-thaw method: challenges and opportunities for process optimization through quality by …

SA Bernal-Chávez, A Romero-Montero… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Springer
The freeze-thaw (F/T) method is commonly employed during the processing and handling of
drug substances to enhance their chemical and physical stability and obtain pharmaceutical …

Chemical and physical chitosan hydrogels as prospective carriers for drug delivery: A review

B Tian, S Hua, Y Tian, J Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the advancement of medical research, the source and preparation of biological
materials have gradually attracted attention. Hydrogels prepared from natural …

Recent advances in synergistic use of GQD-based hydrogels for bioimaging and drug delivery in cancer treatment

MH Akmal, MY Kalashgrani, SM Mousavi… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene quantum dot (GQD) integration into hydrogel matrices has become a viable
approach for improving drug delivery and bioimaging in cancer treatment in recent years …

Freeze–thaw-induced physically cross-linked superabsorbent polyvinyl alcohol/soy protein isolate hydrogels for skin wound dressing: In vitro and in vivo …

N Varshney, AK Sahi, S Poddar… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-and soy protein isolate (SPI)-based scaffolds were
prepared by physical cross-linking using the freeze–thaw method. The PVA/SPI ratio was …