Controlled Release
Hydrogel Nanocomposites are useful controlled release materials where the hydrogel is the carrier and the nanoparticles control the details of the release. (RDC 5/3/2009)
Recent US Patents
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Recent Journal Articles
To get to the abstract or article, copy the citation and paste it into favorite search engine (ex. Google). The date is the date the entry was found. 3/13/2009 Novel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/clay/poly(acrylamide) IPN hydrogels with the response rate and drug release controlled by clay content (p 96-106) Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics 47, #1 (2009) 1/23/2009 Fabrication and characterization of microstructured and pH sensitive interpenetrating networks hydrogel films and application in drug delivery field (309-315) European Polymer Journal 45 #2 (2009) 10/31/1008 Breathing-in/breathing-out approach to preparing nanosilver-loaded hydrogels: Highly efficient antibacterial nanocomposites (p 934-944) Journal of Applied Polymer Science 111 #2 (2009) Alginate microsphere-collagen composite hydrogel for ocular drug delivery and implantation (3365-3371) Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 19 #11 (2008) 10/10/2008 Magnetic hydrogel nanocomposites for remote controlled pulsatile drug release (246-251) Journal of Controlled Release 130 #3 (2008)
Review Articles
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Editor's Notes
As the literature is reviewed, and items of interest concerning this topic are found. These may be added in an abbreviated form with the reference. Readers and contributors are invited to add their own notes. Contributors may add them directly and other readers can simply send their notes to the editor, Roger Corneliussen at rcorneliussen@4spe.org. He may edit and add them to this page at his discretion.