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ASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 99-107Publisher
HONG KONG ASIAMED PUBLISH HOUSE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2014.08.010
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Thermoresponsive polymers; Phase transition; Drug delivery; Tissue engineering
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The present review aims to highlight the applications of thermoresponsive polymers. Thermo-responsive polymers show a sharp change in properties upon a small or modest change in temperature. This behaviour can be utilized for the preparation of so-called 'smart' drug delivery systems, which mimic biological response behaviour to a certain extent. Such materials are used in the development of several applications, such as drug delivery systems, tissue engineering scaffolds and gene delivery. Advances in this field are particularly relevant to applications in the areas of regenerative medicine and drug delivery. This review addresses summary of the main applications of thermoresponsive polymers which are categorized based on their 3-dimensional structure; hydrogels, interpenetrating networks, micelles, films and particles. The physico-chemical behaviour underlying the phase transition is also discussed in brief. (C) 2015 Shenyang Pharmaceutical University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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