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Gels, Volume 8, Issue 2

February 2022 - 75 articles

Cover Story: The expanding antibiotic resistance is becoming a global health and environmental phenomenon. Multiple technologies have been advanced to help to control this phenomenon. One of these, hydrogel production, could prove to be particularly useful in these biological challenges through the development of antimicrobial hydrogels. The most promising strategies in obtaining these antimicrobial hydrogels and the application of hydrogels in the treatment of microbial infections must be weighed up. Hydrogels can be inherently and composite antimicrobial materials and are able to carry antimicrobials, involving antibiotics, nanoparticles, biological extracts, and antimicrobial peptides. The emergence of CRISR-Cas9 technology against antimicrobial resistance is driving the need for performant carriers to deliver this CRISPR-Cas9 system, as well as other delivery systems. View this paper
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Articles (75)

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
7,332 Views
21 Pages

Advanced Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

  • Jianghong Huang,
  • Fei Liu,
  • Haijing Su,
  • Jianyi Xiong,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Jiang Xia and
  • Yujie Liang

21 February 2022

Tissue engineering is becoming an effective strategy for repairing cartilage damage. Synthesized nanocomposite hydrogels mimic the structure of natural cartilage extracellular matrices (ECMs), are biocompatible, and exhibit nano–bio effects in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,640 Views
10 Pages

21 February 2022

A TiO2 nanoparticle-loaded polymer fiber web was developed as a functional material with the ability to adsorb and photo-catalytically degrade organic pollutants in aquatic media. A linear copolymer of N-isopropylacrylamide (primary component) and N-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,318 Views
11 Pages

Formation of Hydrogels Based on a Copolymer of N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and Glycidyl Methacrylate in the Presence of the Reaction Product of 1,3-Dimethylmidazolium Dimethylphosphate and Elemental Sulfur

  • Natalia Tarasova,
  • Efrem Krivoborodov,
  • Alexey Zanin,
  • Ekaterina Pascal,
  • Ilya Toropygin,
  • Alexander Artyukhov,
  • Samson Muradyan and
  • Yaroslav Mezhuev

21 February 2022

The aim of the study is to search for a reaction that provides the possibility of tandem “one-pot” formation of polymer networks during radical copolymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and glycidyl methacrylate. It was shown that the add...

  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
11,320 Views
27 Pages

21 February 2022

Due to their combination of featured properties, protein and polysaccharide-based carriers show promising potential in food bioactive ingredient encapsulation, protection, and delivery. The formation of protein–polysaccharide complexes and conj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,512 Views
14 Pages

Photodynamic Therapy with Natural Photosensitizers in the Management of Periodontal Disease Induced in Rats

  • Laura Monica Dascalu (Rusu),
  • Marioara Moldovan,
  • Codruta Sarosi,
  • Sorina Sava,
  • Alexandra Dreanca,
  • Calin Repciuc,
  • Robert Purdoiu,
  • Andras Nagy,
  • Mîndra Eugenia Badea and
  • Ariadna Georgiana Paun
  • + 2 authors

20 February 2022

This study aims to investigate the effect of new natural photosensitizers (PS) (based on oregano essential oil, curcuma extract, and arnica oil) through in vitro cytotoxicity and biological tests in rat-induced periodontal disease, treated with photo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,445 Views
9 Pages

Using Rheology to Understand Transient and Dynamic Gels

  • Simona Bianco,
  • Santanu Panja and
  • Dave J. Adams

18 February 2022

Supramolecular gels can be designed such that pre-determined changes in state occur. For example, systems that go from a solution (sol) state to a gel state and then back to a sol state can be prepared using chemical processes to control the onset an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,280 Views
17 Pages

Formulation and Evaluation of Topical Nano-Lipid-Based Delivery of Butenafine: In Vitro Characterization and Antifungal Activity

  • Ameeduzzafar Zafar,
  • Syed Sarim Imam,
  • Nabil K. Alruwaili,
  • Mohd Yasir,
  • Omar Awad Alsaidan,
  • Sultan Alshehri,
  • Mohammed M. Ghoneim,
  • Mohammad Khalid,
  • Ali Alquraini and
  • Salman S. Alharthi

18 February 2022

The present research work was designed to prepare butenafine (BN)-loaded bilosomes (BSs) by the thin-film hydration method. BN is a sparingly water-soluble drug having low permeability and bioavailability. BSs are lipid-based nanovesicles used to ent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,050 Views
13 Pages

Chitosan Based Aerogels with Low Shrinkage by Chemical Cross-Linking and Supramolecular Interaction

  • Sizhao Zhang,
  • Qi Xiao,
  • Yunyun Xiao,
  • Zhengquan Li,
  • Shixian Xiong,
  • Feng Ding and
  • Junpeng He

18 February 2022

Chitosan (CTS) aerogel is a new type of functional material that could be possibly applied in the thermal insulation field, especially in energy-saving buildings. However, the inhibition method for the very big shrinkage of CTS aerogels from the fina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,268 Views
11 Pages

18 February 2022

As a common industrial by-product, the spend fluid catalytic-cracking (SFCC) catalyst was used to prepare phosphate-based geopolymer for the first time. The structure and property of geopolymer with phosphoric acid concentration ranging from 6 to 14...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,606 Views
14 Pages

Tacrolimus-Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticle Gel: Formulation Development and In Vitro Assessment for Topical Applications

  • Abdul Shakur Khan,
  • Kifayat Ullah Shah,
  • Mohammed Al Mohaini,
  • Abdulkhaliq J. Alsalman,
  • Maitham A. Al Hawaj,
  • Yousef N. Alhashem,
  • Shakira Ghazanfar,
  • Kamran Ahmad Khan,
  • Zahid Rasul Niazi and
  • Arshad Farid

18 February 2022

The currently available topical formulations of tacrolimus have minimal and variable absorption, elevated mean disposition half-life, and skin irritation effects resulting in patient noncompliance. In our study, we fabricated tacrolimus-loaded solid...

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