State-of-the-art advances in nanocomposite and bio-nanocomposite polymeric materials: A comprehensive review

AH Anwer, A Ahtesham, M Shoeb, F Mashkoor… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The modern eco-friendly materials used in research and innovation today consist of
nanocomposites and bio-nanocomposite polymers. Their unique composite properties make …

Biopolymer based nanomaterials in drug delivery systems: A review

J Jacob, JT Haponiuk, S Thomas, S Gopi - Materials today chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to achieve a higher therapeutic effects of a
pharmaceutical drug or natural compound in a specific diseased site with minimal …

[HTML][HTML] Collagen-based biomaterials for bone tissue engineering

Y Li, Y Liu, R Li, H Bai, Z Zhu, L Zhu, C Zhu, Z Che… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in using biomimetic materials for bone
tissue engineering. However, the high immunogenicity and low mechanical properties of …

Antibiotic-eluting medical devices for various applications

M Zilberman, JJ Elsner - Journal of Controlled Release, 2008 - Elsevier
Infection is defined as a homeostatic imbalance between the host tissue and the presence of
microorganisms. It is associated with a large variety of wound occurrences ranging from …

An overview on the mathematical modeling of hydrogels' behavior for drug delivery systems

D Caccavo - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels-based systems (HBSs) for drug delivery are nowadays extensively used and the
interest in modeling their behavior is dramatically increasing. In this review a critical …

Mathematical modeling and in vitro study of controlled drug release via a highly swellable and dissoluble polymer matrix: polyethylene oxide with high molecular …

N Wu, LS Wang, DCW Tan, SM Moochhala… - Journal of controlled …, 2005 - Elsevier
A mathematical model is developed to describe the transport phenomena of a water-soluble
small molecular drug (caffeine) from highly swellable and dissoluble polyethylene oxide …

Drug release kinetics from carboxymethylcellulose-bacterial cellulose composite films

G Juncu, A Stoica-Guzun, M Stroescu… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Composite films of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and bacterial cellulose (NaCMC–BC)
cross-linked with citric acid (CA) were prepared by solution casting method. Ibuprofen …

Novel pH-sensitive hydrogel beads based on carrageenan and fish scale collagen for allopurinol drug delivery

CT Nguyen, MQ Vu, TT Phan, TQ Vu, QA Vo… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, pH-sensitive hydrogel beads based on fish scale collagen and carrageenan
were used as a novel allopurinol drug loading system to improve the bioavailability of …

Biopolymer-based growth factor delivery for tissue repair: from natural concepts to engineered systems

L Uebersax, HP Merkle, L Meinel - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
The extracellular matrix of tissues is regarded as a physiological depot for various growth
factors (GFs), from where they are to be released into the surrounding tissue and play their …

A new mathematical approach to predict the actual drug release from hydrogels

AHZ Kalkhoran, O Vahidi, SM Naghib - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, we have developed a mathematical model of drug release from a film of
highly swellable gelatin based hydrogel mixed with graphene. The model considers the …