Healthcare Applications of pH-Sensitive Hydrogel-Based Devices: A Review

Autor:	Hendi, Asail, Umair Hassan, Muhammad, Elsherif, Mohamed, Alqattan, Bader, Park, Seongjun, Yetisen, Ali Kemal, Butt, Haider
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	biomedical applications Wound Healing technology industry and agriculture biocompatible pH-sensitive Hydrogels macromolecular substances Review Hydrogen-Ion Concentration sensors complex mixtures Bandages Drug Liberation Drug Delivery Systems Animals Food Industry Humans
Zdroj:	International Journal of Nanomedicine
ISSN:	1178-2013 1176-9114
Popis:	pH-sensitive hydrogels have been developed greatly over the past few years. This has been possible due to the synthesis of new hydrogel systems with increased sensitivity – a sensitivity of up to 10−5 pH units has already been established. Recently, pH-sensitive hydrogels have shown to be very useful in biomedical applications, such as targeted cancer treatment and treatment of skin lesions. Prolonged drug release has been made available through the use of such hydrogels. The synthesis of pH-sensitive hydrogels is also quick and cost-effective. This review presents a background on the properties of pH-sensitive hydrogels and discusses some of the hydrogels with different sensitivity ranges and their possible applications. A range of synthesis processes have also been briefly introduced along with the fabrication of different structures such as microcantilevers and contact lenses.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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