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Smart Polymers in Drug Delivery Applications
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The most important components of living cells such as carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids are the polymeric molecules. Nature utilizes polymers both as constructive elements and as a part of the complicated cell machinery of living things. The rapid advancement in biomedical research has led to many creative applications for biocompatible polymers. With the development of newer and more potent drugs, a parallel expansion in more sophisticated drug delivery systems becomes mandatory. Smart polymeric drug delivery systems can respond to environmental changes and consequently, alter their properties reversibly enabling an efficient and safe drug delivery. This review comprehensively discusses various aspects of these polymers
classified in different categories as per the type of stimulus.
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Acknowledgements:
The authors sincerely acknowledge the financial supports of the UGC, New Delhi under UPE-FARI Program [F.No. 14-3/2012 (NS/PE)] and the DST, New Delhi under DST-PURSE-Phase-II Program [F.No. SR/PURSE Phase 2/13(G)]. Furthermore, this research was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 program (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-023423), and by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UID/Multi/04044/2013) and PAMI (ROTEIRO/0328/2013; Nº 022158).
Keywords
Smart polymers Drug delivery Pulsatile Systems
Citation
Heggannavar, GB, Achari, D., Fernandes, C., Mitchell, GR, Morouço, P., & Kariduraganavar, MY (2019). Polímeros Inteligentes em Aplicações de Drug Delivery. Mecânica Aplicada e Materiais, 890, 324–339. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.890.324
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Trans Tech Publications