Thermogels: In Situ Gelling Biomaterial

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 295-316

  Liow, Sing Shy ^a   Dou, Qingqing ^a   Kai, Dan ^a   Karim, Anis Abdul ^a   Zhang, Kangyi ^a   Xu, Fujian ^b   Loh, Xian Jun ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

injectable hydrogels; LCST; sol gel transition; thermosensitive polymers

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; IRINOTECAN; PACLITAXEL; POLY(N ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; TOPOTECAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; GEL; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84969260525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00515     Document Type: Review

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