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Recent Progress of Nanogenerators Acting as Self‐Powered Drug Delivery Devices
Author(s) -
Zhao Chaochao,
Cui Xi,
Wu Yuxiang,
Li Zhou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced sustainable systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.499
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2366-7486
DOI - 10.1002/adsu.202000268
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , drug delivery , microfluidics , electroporation , computer science , materials science , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Self‐powered technology based on nanogenerators (NGs) has developed rapidly since the invention of NGs. This technology can transform mechanical energy into electrical energy and be applied to self‐powered healthcare systems. Meanwhile, after the development of five generations, drug dosage forms have entered the era of pulsed drug delivery system (DDS), which promotes the application of NGs in self‐powered DDS. This review first reviews the type, working principle, materials, and structure strategy of NGs. Next, frontier applications of NGs as drug delivery devices (DDDs), in combination with membrane, microneedle, electrochemistry, microfluidics, and electroporation techniques, are introduced. Then the challenges of NG technology applied for clinical treatment and research are discussed. In the future, NG may become the key technology for drug controlled release, which can realize precise drug delivery and clinical disease therapy.