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Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery
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Hydrogel nanoparticles have gained considerable attention in recent years as one of the most promising nanoparticulate drug delivery systems owing to their unique potentials via combining the characteristics of a hydrogel system with a nanoparticle, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.About:
This article is published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.The article was published on 2008-12-14. It has received 1704 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanogel & Drug carrier.read more
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Atom transfer radical polymerization in inverse miniemulsion: A versatile route toward preparation and functionalization of microgels/nanogels for targeted drug delivery applications
TL;DR: Applications of atom transfer radical polymerization in inverse miniemulsion and disulfide–thiol exchange to prepare well-defined biodegradable functional nanogels (ATRP-nanogels), which have higher swelling ratios, better colloidal stability, and controlled degradation, are described.
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Evaluation of chitosan/γ-poly(glutamic acid) polyelectrolyte complex for wound dressing materials
Ching Ting Tsao,Chih-Hao Chang,Yu Yung Lin,Ming Fung Wu,Jaw-Lin Wang,Tai-Horng Young,Jin Lin Han,Kuo Haung Hsieh +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an easily stripped polyelectrolyte complex (PEC), which consists of chitosan as a cationic polyelectron and γ-poly (glutamic acid) (γ-PGA) as an anionic polyelectriclyte, was used as a wound dressing material.
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Bioreducible alginate-poly(ethylenimine) nanogels as an antigen-delivery system robustly enhance vaccine-elicited humoral and cellular immune responses.
Ping Li,Zichao Luo,Peng Liu,Ningning Gao,Yijuan Zhang,Hong Pan,Lanlan Liu,Ce Wang,Lintao Cai,Yifan Ma +9 more
TL;DR: The in vitro study showed that reducible AP-SS nanogels not only facilitated antigen uptake by mouse bone marrow dendritic cells (BMDCs), but also promoted intracellular antigen degradation and cytosolic release.
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Highly Conductive and Flexible Silver Nanowire-Based Microelectrodes on Biocompatible Hydrogel
TL;DR: It is anticipated that the AgNW-based microelectrodes on biocompatible hydrogel substrates can be a promising platform for realization of practical bioelectronics devices.
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