Injectable Hyaluronan-Based Thermoresponsive Hydrogels for Dermatological Applications [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Most marketed HA-based dermal fillers use chemical cross-linking to improve mechanical properties and extend their lifetime in vivo; however, stiffer products with higher elasticity require an increased extrusion force for injection in clinical practice.
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Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogels for Cancer Therapy: Challenges and Prospects [PDF]
Gels, 2023 The enervating side effects of chemotherapeutic drugs have necessitated the use of targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy. To that end, thermoresponsive hydrogels have been employed to improve the accumulation and maintenance of drug release at the ...
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Fast and Large Shrinking of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels with Phase-Separated Structures [PDF]
Gels, 2021 Thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogels have been attracting attention in a variety of functional materials, such as biomaterials, because they exhibit a volume phase transition phenomenon near physiological temperatures. However,
Taehun Chung +4 more
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Structures and Applications of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels and Nanocomposite-Hydrogels Based on Copolymers with Poly (Ethylene Glycol) and Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) Blocks [PDF]
Bioengineering, 2019 Thermoresponsive hydrogels showing biocompatibility and degradability have been under intense investigation for biomedical applications, especially hydrogels composed of hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and hydrophobic poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic
Tomoki Maeda
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Development of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels with Mucoadhesion Properties Loaded with Metronidazole Gel-Flakes for Improved Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Bacterial vaginosis is an infectious disease that has significantly affected women’s health. Metronidazole has been widely used as a drug for treating bacterial vaginosis.
Andi Dian Permana +7 more
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Hyaluronic Acid-Poly(N-acryloyl glycinamide) Copolymers as Sources of Degradable Thermoresponsive Hydrogels for Therapy [PDF]
Gels, 2020 One-pot free-radical polymerization of N-acryloyl glycinamide in the presence of hyaluronic acid as transfer-termination agent led to new copolymers in high yields without any chemical activation of hyaluronic acid before.
Mahfoud Boustta, Michel Vert
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Temperature-independent and photocrosslinkable hydrolyzed GelMA with tunable mechanics for biofabrication [PDF]
Materials Today BioThermoresponsive and photo-crosslinkable hydrogels are highly desirable for biofabrication; however, conventional gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) exhibited thermal gelation below 30 °C and high viscosity, restricting its compatibility with concentration ...
JuneHyun Kyeong, Dayi Jeong, Hojae Bae
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Amphiphilic Thermoresponsive Triblock PLA-PEG-PLA and Diblock mPEG-PLA Copolymers for Controlled Deferoxamine Delivery [PDF]
GelsThis study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of thermoresponsive hydrogels of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), PLA–PEG copolymers, aiming at the targeted and controlled release of deferoxamine (DFO), a clinically ...
Nikolaos D. Bikiaris +6 more
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A Review on Thermal Properties of Hydrogels for Electronic Devices Applications
Gels, 2022 Hydrogels, as a series of three-dimensional, crosslinked, hydrophilic network polymers, exhibit extraordinary properties in softness, mechanical robustness and biocompatibility, which have been extensively utilized in various fields, especially for ...
Fei Xin, Qiang Lyu
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Thermal Conductivity of PNIPAm Hydrogels and Heat Management as Smart Windows
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2023 Though thermoresponsive lower critical solution temperature (LCST) hydrogels have attracted intense attention to be applied in smart windows, less efforts are paid on the LCST effect on the heat transfer process.
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