Journal
SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES B-CHEMISTRY
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 117-130Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-008-0151-z
Keywords
stimuli response; intelligent polymers; hydrogels; drug delivery systems; molecular recognition
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20604028, 50573078, 50733003, 20621140369]
- National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar [50425309]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [20071314]
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Intelligent polymers or stimuli-responsive polymers may exhibit distinct transitions in physical-chemical properties, including conformation, polarity, phase structure and chemical composition in response to changes in environmental stimuli. Due to their unique 'intelligent' characteristics, stimuli-sensitive polymers have found a wide variety of applications in biomedical and nanotechnological fields. This review focuses on the recent developments in biomedical application of intelligent polymer systems, such as intelligent hydrogel systems, intelligent drug delivery systems and intelligent molecular recognition systems. Also, the possible future directions for the application of these intelligent polymer systems in the biomedical field are presented.
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