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  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,435 Views
25 Pages

19 October 2019

The photon induced radical-initiated polymerization in polymer gels can be used for high-resolution tissue equivalent dosimeters in quality control of radiation therapy. The dose (D) distribution in radiation therapy can be measured as a change of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,403 Views
13 Pages

Synthesis of Gelatin Methacryloyl Analogs and Their Use in the Fabrication of pH-Responsive Microspheres

  • Karolina Valente,
  • Geneviève N. Boice,
  • Cameron Polglase,
  • Roman G. Belli,
  • Elaina Bourque,
  • Afzal Suleman and
  • Alexandre Brolo

pH-responsive hydrogels have numerous applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, and diagnostics. Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) is a biocompatible, semi-synthetic polymer prepared from gelatin. When combined with aqueous solvents, GelM...

  • Review
  • Open Access
696 Views
22 Pages

Metallogels as Supramolecular Platforms for Biomedical Applications: A Review

  • Pasqualina Liana Scognamiglio,
  • Diego Tesauro and
  • Giovanni N. Roviello

13 November 2025

Metallogels, three-dimensional supramolecular networks formed through metal–ligand coordination, have emerged as a new generation of adaptive soft materials with promising biomedical potential. By integrating the structural stability and tuneab...

  • Review
  • Open Access
250 Citations
18,561 Views
17 Pages

Strategies for Hyaluronic Acid-Based Hydrogel Design in Drug Delivery

  • Sonia Trombino,
  • Camilla Servidio,
  • Federica Curcio and
  • Roberta Cassano

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a natural, linear, endogenous polysaccharide that plays important physiological and biological roles in the human body. Nowadays, among biopolymers, HA is emerging as an appealing starting material for hydrogels design due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
841 Views
16 Pages

Quantum-Dot-Based Molecularly Imprinted Hydrogel for Rapid Detection of Homocysteine

  • Xin Zhang,
  • Jiarong Liang,
  • Binglei Zheng,
  • Pengfei Jiao and
  • Qian Xu

11 August 2025

Elevated levels of homocysteine (Hcy) are associated with various pathological conditions including atherosclerosis, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. In this work, quantum-dot-based molecularly imprinted hydrogels (QD@MIHs) were developed b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,448 Views
22 Pages

23 December 2023

Nucleobase-containing molecules are compounds essential in biology due to the fundamental role of nucleic acids and, in particular, G-quadruplex DNA and RNA in life. Moreover, some molecules different from nucleic acids isolated from different vegeta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,995 Views
16 Pages

The equivalency of pH measurements between aqueous and non-aqueous or viscous solutions is of great interest in biomedical applications as well for processing food and pharmaceuticals. Commercial glass-type electrodes have practical limitations, such...