Controlled drug delivery vehicles for cancer treatment and their performance

S Senapati, AK Mahanta, S Kumar… - Signal transduction and …, 2018 - nature.com
Although conventional chemotherapy has been successful to some extent, the main
drawbacks of chemotherapy are its poor bioavailability, high-dose requirements, adverse …

Targeted therapy in chronic diseases using nanomaterial-based drug delivery vehicles

AP Singh, A Biswas, A Shukla, P Maiti - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
The application of nanomedicines is increasing rapidly with the promise of targeted and
efficient drug delivery. Nanomedicines address the shortcomings of conventional therapy, as …

Biodegradable polymers and constructs: A novel approach in drug delivery

SK Prajapati, A Jain, A Jain, S Jain - European polymer journal, 2019 - Elsevier
New polymers are continuously developed for new therapeutic applications. New and
modified polymer chemistries that offer distinctive degradation and drug delivery are being …

The design of poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanocarriers for medical applications

D Essa, PPD Kondiah, YE Choonara… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Polymeric biomaterials have found widespread applications in nanomedicine, and poly
(lactide-co-glycolide),(PLGA) in particular has been successfully implemented in numerous …

Thermoplastic polyurethanes derived from petrochemical or renewable resources: A comprehensive review

J Datta, P Kasprzyk - Polymer Engineering & Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) materials are obtained by the reaction of polyol (ether‐,
ester‐, and carbonate‐based diols with average molecular weight in the range from 1,000 to …

Heating/solvent responsive shape‐memory polymers for implant biomedical devices in minimally invasive surgery: current status and challenge

R **ao, WM Huang - Macromolecular bioscience, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review is about the fundamentals and practical issues in applying both heating and
solvent responsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) for implant biomedical devices via …

Polyurethanes and Their Biomedical Applications

S Azarmgin, B Torabinejad… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The tunable mechanical properties of polyurethanes (PUs), due to their extensive structural
diversity and biocompatibility, have made them promising materials for biomedical …

Biodegradable toughened nanohybrid shape memory polymer for smart biomedical applications

A Biswas, AP Singh, D Rana, VK Aswal, P Maiti - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A polyurethane nanohybrid has been prepared through the in situ polymerization of an
aliphatic diisocyanate, ester polyol and a chain extender in the presence of two-dimensional …

High bio-content castor oil based waterborne polyurethane/sodium lignosulfonate composites for environmental friendly UV absorption application

W Zhang, Y Zhang, H Liang, D Liang, H Cao… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a series of castor oil-based waterborne polyurethane composites were
prepared with different amounts of sodium lignosulfonate as functional filler. The effect of the …

Clay nanocomposites as engineered drug delivery systems

M Jafarbeglou, M Abdouss, AM Shoushtari… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Clays belong to a category of silica layered ingredients that are commonly used in the
pharmaceutical industry, either as ingredients or in combination in composites and hybrids …