Smart stimuli-responsive materials can respond to different signals (pH, temperature, light,
electricity, etc.), and they have become a hot research topic for drug delivery. As a …

Marine resources are today a renewable source of various compounds, such as
polysaccharides, that are used in the pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, and food fields. In …

Nanomedicines are now considered as the new-generation medication in the current era
mainly because of their features related to nano size. The efficacy of many drugs in their …

Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery are enabling significant progress in biology and
medicine. Multidisciplinary collaborations between physical scientists, engineers, biologists …

Hydrogels are a unique class of three dimensional cross-linked polymeric networks that can
hold a large fraction of aqueous solvents and biological fluids within their structures …

Magnetic chitosan hydrogels are organic-inorganic composite material with the
characteristics of both magnetic materials and natural polysaccharides. Due to its …

Carrageenan is a class of naturally occurring sulphated polysaccharides, which is currently
a promising candidate in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as it resemblances …

Due to their unique structures and properties, three-dimensional hydrogels and
nanostructured particles have been widely studied and shown a very high potential for …

Hydrogels are spatially organized hydrophilic polymeric systems that exhibit unique features
in hydrated conditions. Among the hydrogel family, composite hydrogels are a special class …

Hydrogels prepared from natural polymers have captured extensive attention over the past
decades because of their exceptional biocompatibility and nontoxicity, ease of gelation, and …