Light: a magical tool for controlled drug delivery

Y Tao, HF Chan, B Shi, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a particularly appealing tool for on‐demand drug delivery due to its noninvasive
nature, ease of application, and exquisite temporal and spatial control. Great progress is …

Cyclodextrin‐based multistimuli‐responsive supramolecular assemblies and their biological functions

YM Zhang, YH Liu, Y Liu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclodextrins (CDs), which are a class of cyclic oligosaccharides extracted from the
enzymatic degradation of starch, are often utilized in molecular recognition and assembly …

Smart nanostructures for cargo delivery: uncaging and activating by light

M Karimi, P Sahandi Zangabad… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has begun to play a remarkable role in various fields of science and
technology. In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have opened new horizons, especially …

Arylazopyrazoles as light-responsive molecular switches in cyclodextrin-based supramolecular systems

L Stricker, EC Fritz, M Peterlechner… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A simple and high yield synthesis of water-soluble arylazopyrazoles (AAPs) featuring
superior photophysical properties is reported. The introduction of a carboxylic acid allows …

Physical stimuli-responsive vesicles in drug delivery: Beyond liposomes and polymersomes

U Kauscher, MN Holme, M Björnmalm… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, a range of vesicle-based drug delivery systems have entered
clinical practice and several others are in various stages of clinical translation. While most of …

Recent advances in light-responsive on-demand drug-delivery systems

CS Linsley, BM Wu - Therapeutic delivery, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The convergence of wearable sensors and personalized medicine enhance the ability to
sense and control the drug composition and dosage, as well as location and timing of …

Peptide-based low molecular weight photosensitive supramolecular gelators

B Pramanik, S Ahmed - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the last couple of decades, stimuli-responsive supramolecular gels comprising
synthetic short peptides as building blocks have been explored for various biological and …

Nanoscale delivery systems for microRNAs in cancer therapy

S Boca, D Gulei, AA Zimta, A Onaciu, L Magdo… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Concomitant with advances in research regarding the role of miRNAs in sustaining
carcinogenesis, major concerns about their delivery options for anticancer therapies have …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoplatforms for targeted stimuli-responsive drug delivery: a review of platform materials and stimuli-responsive release and targeting mechanisms

Y Sun, E Davis - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
To achieve the promise of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems for the treatment of
cancer, they should (1) avoid premature clearance;(2) accumulate in tumors and undergo …

Reversible and size-controlled assembly of reflectin proteins using a charged azobenzene photoswitch

CM Tobin, R Gordon, SK Tochikura, BF Chmelka… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Disordered proteins often undergo a stimuli-responsive, disorder-to-order transition which
facilitates dynamic processes that modulate the physiological activities and material …