Biomaterials of PVA and PVP in medical and pharmaceutical applications: Perspectives and challenges

M Teodorescu, M Bercea, S Morariu - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) has attracted considerable research interest and is
recognized among the largest volume of synthetic polymers that have been produced …

Adaptable hydrogel networks with reversible linkages for tissue engineering

H Wang, SC Heilshorn - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptable hydrogels have recently emerged as a promising platform for three‐dimensional
(3D) cell encapsulation and culture. In conventional, covalently crosslinked hydrogels …

The Use of Poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) in the Delivery of Drugs: A Review

P Franco, I De Marco - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is a hydrophilic polymer widely employed as a carrier in the
pharmaceutical, biomedical, and nutraceutical fields. Up to now, several PVP-based …

Toward a better regeneration through implant‐mediated immunomodulation: harnessing the immune responses

B Zhang, Y Su, J Zhou, Y Zheng, D Zhu - Advanced science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue repair/regeneration, after implantation or injury, involves comprehensive
physiological processes wherein immune responses play a crucial role to enable tissue …

Current understanding of the applications of photocrosslinked hydrogels in biomedical engineering

J Liu, C Su, Y Chen, S Tian, C Lu, W Huang, Q Lv - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogel materials have great application value in biomedical engineering. Among them,
photocrosslinked hydrogels have attracted much attention due to their variety and simple …

Non-invasive production of multi-compartmental biodegradable polymer microneedles for controlled intradermal drug release of labile molecules

M Battisti, R Vecchione, C Casale… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Transdermal drug delivery represents an appealing alternative to conventional drug
administration systems. In fact, due to their high patient compliance, the development of …

Multidrug release based on microneedle arrays filled with pH-responsive PLGA hollow microspheres

CJ Ke, YJ Lin, YC Hu, WL Chiang, KJ Chen, WC Yang… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
This work presents an approach to codelivering transdermally two model drugs, Alexa 488
and Cy5, in sequence, based on a system of polyvinylpyrrolidone microneedles (PVP MNs) …

Pair directed silver nano-lines by single-particle assembly in nanofibers for non-contact humidity sensors

J He, X Zheng, Z Zheng, D Kong, K Ding, N Chen… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape-controlled nano-silvers have great promise for the practical applications in devices
due to their unique electronic properties. Although variously complicated nano-silver …

N-vinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid/2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid based hydrogels: synthesis, characterization and their application in the removal of heavy …

EK Yetimoğlu, MV Kahraman, Ö Ercan… - Reactive and Functional …, 2007 - Elsevier
In this work, the synthesis of N-vinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid/2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane
sulfonic acid (NVP/AAc/AMPS) based hydrogels by UV-curing technique was studied and …

Hydrogels: soft matters in photomedicine

B Khurana, P Gierlich, A Meindl… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a shining beacon in the realm of photomedicine, is a non-
invasive technique that utilizes dye-based photosensitizers (PSs) in conjunction with light …