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Cover Image, Volume 137, Issue 25
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.49278
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , drug delivery , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , computer science , polymer science , citation , biocompatibility , materials science , world wide web , polymer chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , metallurgy
Special Issue: Intelligent/Responsive Polymers as Biomaterials, by Mary Caldorera‐Moore and colleagues, reveals the schematic of responsive hydrogel microparticle with callout illustrations of the hydrogel network in the collapsed (left) and swollen state (right) allowing for the release of a therapeutic drug. Hydrogels are crosslinked polymeric networks that swell in water without dissolving. These networks are attractive for transmucosal and intracellular drug delivery because of their simplistic synthesis, inherent biocompatibility, tunable physicochemical properties, and capacity to respond to physiological stimuli. Due to their versatile nature, micro‐ and nanoscale hydrogel particles provide ability to engineer different carrier systems for controlled release of therapeutic agents. DOI: 10.1002/app.48767