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An emerging platform for drug delivery: aerogel based systems.
Zeynep Ulker,Can Erkey +1 more
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This review presents an up to date overview of the advances in all kinds of aerogel based drug delivery systems which are currently under investigation.About:
This article is published in Journal of Controlled Release.The article was published on 2014-03-10. It has received 253 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug delivery.read more
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Recent advances in aerogels for environmental remediation applications: A review
TL;DR: Aerogels are an exceptional class of porous material with a number of excellent physicochemical properties such as low density, high porosity, high surface area and adjustable surface chemistry as discussed by the authors.
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Biopolymer Aerogels and Foams: Chemistry, Properties, and Applications.
Shanyu Zhao,Wim J. Malfait,Natalia Guerrero-Alburquerque,Matthias M. Koebel,Gustav Nyström,Gustav Nyström +5 more
TL;DR: The biopolymer aerogel field today is driven forward by empirical materials discovery at the laboratory scale, but requires a firmer theoretical basis and pilot studies to close the gap to market.
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Synthesis and biomedical applications of aerogels: Possibilities and challenges
Hajar Maleki,Luísa Durães,Carlos A. García-González,Pasquale Del Gaudio,António Portugal,Morteza Mahmoudi,Morteza Mahmoudi +6 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive overview on the synthesis, processing and drying methods of the mostly investigated types of aerogels used in the biological and biomedical contexts, including silica aerogel, silica-polymer composites, polymeric and biopolymer aerogELs are provided.
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Polysaccharide-based aerogel microspheres for oral drug delivery
Carlos A. García-González,Carlos A. García-González,M. Jin,J. Gerth,Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo,Irina Smirnova +5 more
TL;DR: The results point out the possibilities of tuning drug loading and release by carefully choosing the polysaccharide used to prepare the aerogels.
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Review of aerogel-based materials in biomedical applications
Janja Stergar,Uroš Maver +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the potential of aerogels in biomedical applications can be found in this paper, where a short introduction is made to the common aerogel properties and their possible classification options, and the review is structured based on their possible biomedical applications.
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Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream
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