Nanogels: Synthesis, properties, and recent biomedical applications

QY Duan, YX Zhu, HR Jia, SH Wang, FG Wu - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanogels, also termed hydrogel nanoparticles, have the properties and functions of both
nanomaterials and hydrogels. Till date, a considerable number of nanogels have been …

Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G **… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

Light‐triggered in situ gelation to enable robust photodynamic‐immunotherapy by repeated stimulations

Z Meng, X Zhou, J Xu, X Han, Z Dong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown the potential of triggering systemic antitumor
immune responses. However, while the oxygen‐deficient hypoxic tumor microenvironment …

Strategies and molecular design criteria for 3D printable hydrogels

T Jungst, W Smolan, K Schacht, T Scheibel… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Additive manufacturing (AM), also referred to as rapid prototy**, solid free-form fabrication,
or simply threedimensional (3D) printing, comprises a number of technologies that allow the …

Hydrogel: Diversity of structures and applications in food science

J Li, X Jia, L Yin - Food Reviews International, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Hydrogels are a series of soft and wet materials with three dimensions of crosslinked
networks. Hydrogels have attracted great attention due to their diverse functional properties …

Achieving controlled biomolecule–biomaterial conjugation

CD Spicer, ET Pashuck, MM Stevens - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The conjugation of biomolecules can impart materials with the bioactivity necessary to
modulate specific cell behaviors. While the biological roles of particular polypeptide …

Micro-and nanogels with labile crosslinks–from synthesis to biomedical applications

X Zhang, S Malhotra, M Molina, R Haag - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Micro-or nanosized three-dimensional crosslinked polymeric networks have been designed
and described for various biomedical applications, including living cell encapsulation, tissue …

Strategic design of intelligent-responsive nanogel carriers for cancer therapy

H Wang, L Gao, T Fan, C Zhang, B Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Owing to the distinctive constituents of tumor tissue from those healthy organs,
nanomedicine strategies show significant potentials in smart drug delivery. Nowadays …

Advances in the development of cyclodextrin-based nanogels/microgels for biomedical applications: Drug delivery and beyond

F Topuz, T Uyar - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanogels/microgels are swollen cross-linked polymer networks with tunable
physicochemical properties and are commonly employed for the effective delivery of …

Protein-based hydrogels: promising materials for tissue engineering

N Davari, N Bakhtiary, M Khajehmohammadi, S Sarkari… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The successful design of a hydrogel for tissue engineering requires a profound
understanding of its constituents' structural and molecular properties, as well as the proper …