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Oleogels: Gels without Vapor Pressure: Soft, Nonaqueous, and Solvent‐Free Supramolecular Biomaterials for Prospective Parenteral Drug Delivery Applications (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 6/2019)
Author(s) -
Tabet Anthony,
Wang Chun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201970023
Subject(s) - materials science , supramolecular chemistry , amphiphile , self healing hydrogels , drug delivery , solvent , polymer , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , nanoparticle , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , copolymer , molecule , composite material , engineering
In article number 1800908 , Anthony Tabet and Chun Wang review strategies to design supramolecular solvent‐free gels that lack appreciable vapor pressure. These networks may consist of nanoparticles with tailored surfaces bridged by hydrophobic or amphiphilic polymer chains in the melt. Such oleogel‐like solvent‐free materials are distinctly different ‐ both in structure and property ‐ than hydrogels and organogels and have much potential in the local delivery of hydrophobic drugs and combination drug therapies.