Designing hydrogels for controlled drug delivery

J Li, DJ Mooney - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Hydrogel delivery systems can leverage therapeutically beneficial outcomes of drug delivery
and have found clinical use. Hydrogels can provide spatial and temporal control over the …

Magnetic nanoparticles: design and characterization, toxicity and biocompatibility, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications

LH Reddy, JL Arias, J Nicolas, P Couvreur - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
In recent years, considerable efforts have been spent in the development of magnetic
nanoparticles (MNPs), the understanding of their behavior, and the improvement of their …

4D bioprinting: the next-generation technology for biofabrication enabled by stimuli-responsive materials

YC Li, YS Zhang, A Akpek, SR Shin… - …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Four-dimensional (4D) bioprinting, encompassing a wide range of disciplines
including bioengineering, materials science, chemistry, and computer sciences, is emerging …

Recent advances in smart hydrogels for biomedical applications: From self-assembly to functional approaches

NN Ferreira, LMB Ferreira, VMO Cardoso… - European Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review discusses basic aspects used to control the architecture and functional
properties of smart hydrogels. The introduction briefly outlines what has been accomplished …

Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery

X Zhao, J Kim, CA Cezar, N Huebsch… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Porous biomaterials have been widely used as scaffolds in tissue engineering and cell-
based therapies. The release of biological agents from conventional porous scaffolds is …

Review on magnetic natural polymer constructed hydrogels as vehicles for drug delivery

J Liao, H Huang - Biomacromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels prepared from natural polymers have captured extensive attention over the past
decades because of their exceptional biocompatibility and nontoxicity, ease of gelation, and …

Environment sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery applications

D Qureshi, SK Nayak, S Maji, A Anis, D Kim… - European Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, hydrogels have attracted the considerable interest of researchers
for crafting potential controlled drug delivery systems. It may be attributed to their high water …

Naturally and synthetic smart composite biomaterials for tissue regeneration

RA Perez, JE Won, JC Knowles, HW Kim - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of smart biomaterials for tissue regeneration has become the focus of
intense research interest. More opportunities are available by the composite approach of …

Nanoencapsulation: a new trend in food engineering processing

MX Quintanilla-Carvajal, BH Camacho-Díaz… - Food Engineering …, 2010 - Springer
Nanoencapsulation is defined as a technology to pack substances in miniature making use
of techniques such as nanocomposite, nanoemulsification, and nanoestructuration. It …

On-demand drug delivery from local depots

Y Brudno, DJ Mooney - Journal of Controlled Release, 2015 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive polymeric depots capable of on-demand release of therapeutics promise
a substantial improvement in the treatment of many local diseases. These systems have the …