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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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Starch‐g‐lactic acid/montmorillonite nanocomposite: Synthesis, characterization and controlled drug release study
Hassan Namazi,Simin Belali +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new starch-g-lactic acid/montmorillonite nanocomposite was developed for controlled and sustained drug release for fluoxetine.
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Mechanically Strong and Thermally Responsive Cellulose Nanofibers/Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Composite Aerogels
TL;DR: In this paper, a cellulose nanofibers (CNFs)/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) composite aerogels were successfully fabricated from a CNF aqueous suspension containing PNIPAm solute via lyophilization.
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A novel stimuli-responsive hydrogel for K+-induced controlled-release
TL;DR: In this article, a novel family of stimuli-responsive smart hydrogel is developed for K+ -induced self-regulated controlled-release, which is featured with isothermally K + -induced pulse-release mode at a certain temperature.
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Freeze/thawed polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels: Present, past and future
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogels prepared by the freezing/thawing (F-T) process is presented in this paper , where the authors discuss their preparation, gelation mechanisms, handling of physical/mechanical properties, physicochemical characteristics, and various applications.
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Synthesis and physical gels of pH- and thermo-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate based ABA triblock copolymers and drug release studies
Fadime Fulya Taktak,Vural Bütün +1 more
TL;DR: A series of pH-responsive ABA triblock copolymer gelators have been synthesized by using poly[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate] (PDPA) as the A block and poly[dimethylamino (ethyl methacelate) (PDMA), as the B block via group transfer polymerization as mentioned in this paper.
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