Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is a biodegradable semicrystalline synthetic polymer that has been
used for biomedical applications for several years. In the pharmaceutical area, PVA has …

Nowadays, a large population around the world, especially the elderly, suffers from
neurological inflammatory and degenerative disorders/diseases. Current drug delivery …

Nanogels have emerged as a versatile hydrophilic platform for encapsulation of guest
molecules with a capability to respond to external stimuli that can be used for a multitude of …

Nanogels in biomedical field are promising and innovative materials as dispersions of
hydrogel nanoparticles based on crosslinked polymeric networks that have been called as …

Nanogels are nanosized crosslinked polymer networks capable of absorbing large
quantities of water. Specifically, smart nanogels are interesting because of their ability to …

Nanogel-based nanoplatforms have become a tremendously promising system of drug
delivery. Nanogels constructed by chemical crosslinking or physical self-assembly exhibit …

Smart drug delivery systems (DDSs) have attracted the attention of many scientists, as
carriers that can be stimulated by changes in environmental parameters such as …

This review discusses basic aspects used to control the architecture and functional
properties of smart hydrogels. The introduction briefly outlines what has been accomplished …

Stimuli responsive hydrogels (SRHs) are attractive bioscaffolds for tissue engineering. The
structural similarity of SRHs to the extracellular matrix (ECM) of many tissues offers great …