Toxicity of metal-based nanoparticles: Challenges in the nano era

N Zhang, G **ong, Z Liu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the rapid progress of nanotechnology, various nanoparticles (NPs) have been
applicated in our daily life. In the field of nanotechnology, metal-based NPs are an important …

Polymer scaffolds as drug delivery systems

IR Calori, G Braga, PCC de Jesus, H Bi… - European Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug delivery scaffolds are smart alternatives to conventional formulations and allow for
controlled spatiotemporal releases of active compounds. In several fields of human health …

The role of backbone hydration of poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide) across the volume phase transition compared to its monomer

MH Futscher, M Philipp, P Müller-Buschbaum… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Thermo-responsive polymers undergo a reversible coil-to-globule transition in water after
which the chains collapse and aggregate into bigger globules when passing to above its …

Polymer-based nanomaterials for photothermal therapy: from light-responsive to multifunctional nanoplatforms for synergistically combined technologies

F Pierini, P Nakielski, O Urbanek… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Materials for the treatment of cancer have been studied comprehensively over the past few
decades. Among the various kinds of biomaterials, polymer-based nanomaterials represent …

Engineering cell instructive materials to control cell fate and functions through material cues and surface patterning

M Ventre, PA Netti - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mastering the interaction between cells and extracellular environment is a fundamental
prerequisite in order to engineer functional biomaterial interfaces able to instruct cells with …

Multifunctional thermoresponsive microcarriers for high‐throughput cell culture and enzyme‐free cell harvesting

SMH Dabiri, E Samiei, S Shojaei, L Karperien… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An effective treatment of human diseases using regenerative medicine and cell therapy
approaches requires a large number of cells. Cultivation of cells on microcarriers is a …

Adhesion of epithelial cells to pnipam treated surfaces for temperature-controlled cell-sheet harvesting

H Kim, H Witt, TA Oswald… - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Stimuli responsive polymer coatings are a common motive for designing surfaces for cell
biological applications. In the present study, we have characterized temperature dependent …

Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes in Nanofluidic Channels

H Rahmaninejad, AJ Parnell, WL Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanochannels with controllable gating behavior are attractive features in a wide range of
nanofluidic applications including viral detection, particle sorting, and flow regulation. Here …

Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide)‐Based Polymers: Recent Overview for the Development of Temperature‐Responsive Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

NA Shaibie, NA Ramli… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature is a widely incorporated stimulus in pharmaceutical applications because of its
efficiency as a therapeutic medium; thus, substantial evidence on temperature‐responsive …

Compact fiber Fabry–Perot sensors filled with PNIPAM hydrogel for highly sensitive relative humidity measurement

RL **a, J Liu, J Shi, XD He, J Yuan, AR Pike, L Chu… - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
A fiber-optic Fabry–Perot (FP) based relative humidity (RH) sensor was proposed and
experimentally investigated by using Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) hydrogel to …