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Healthcare Applications of pH-Sensitive Hydrogel-Based Devices: A Review

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Hendi, Asail, Umair Hassan, Muhammad, Elsherif, Mohamed, Alqattan, Bader, Park, Seongjun, Yetisen, Ali Kemal, Butt, Haider·2020·International Journal of Nanomedicine

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Abstract: pH-sensitive hydrogels have been developed greatly over the past few years. This has been possible due to the synthesis of new hydrogel systems with increased sensitivity – a sensitivity of up to 10 − 5 pH units has already been established. Recently, pH-sensitive hydrogels have shown to be very useful in biomedical applications, such as targeted cancer treatment and treatment of skin lesions. Prolonged drug release has been made available through the use of such hydrogels. The synthesis of pH-sensitive hydrogels is also quick and cost-effective. This review presents a background on the properties of pH-sensitive hydrogels and discusses some of the hydrogels with different sensitivity ranges and their possible applications. A range of synthesis processes have also been briefly introduced along with the fabrication of different structures such as microcantilevers and contact lenses. Keywords: pH-sensitive, sensors, hydrogels, biomedical applications, biocompatible

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  • Nanoparticles, nanoaggregates, nanogels, nanocapsules, core-shell particles, micelles, liposomes, polymersomes, hydrogels, layer-by-layer films, and bioconjugates have been developed as pH-sensitive polymer-based drug delivery devices.

    “Nanoparticles, nanoaggregates, nanogels, nanocapsules, core-shell particles, micelles, liposomes, polymersomes, hydrogels, layer-by-layer films, and bioconjugates have been developed as pH-sensitive polymer-based drug delivery devices (Hendi et al., 2020; Li et al., 2021; Ofridam et al., 2021).”

    From pH stimuli-responsive hydrogels from non-cellulosic biopolymers for drug delivery. (2023) · cites this paper as Hendi et al., 2020

    The Applications > Drug Delivery section describes pH-sensitive hydrogels used for drug delivery, and Hydrogel Compositions and Synthesis describes pH-sensitive hydrogel particles. These passages do not support the sentence’s full list of other device types, including micelles, liposomes, polymersomes, layer-by-layer films, and bioconjugates. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Diclofenac release was more regulated in GG-g-AA nanocomposites than in guar gum.

    “Diclofenac release was more regulated in GG-g-AA nanocomposites than in guar gum (Hendi et al., 2020; Zhuo et al., 2020).”

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  • The composition 10/0.1/0.5 had the highest water uptake of all the compositions in nanosilica/acrylic acid grafted guar gum membranes.

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Authors
Hendi, A., Umair Hassan, M., Elsherif, M., Alqattan, B., Park, S., Yetisen, A. K., & Butt, H.
Affiliations
  • University of Birmingham (GB)
  • Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EG)
  • Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE)
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
  • Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Elsherif, Mohamed
Venue
International Journal of Nanomedicine
Published
2020-06
Volume
Volume 15
Pages
3887-3901
ISSN
  • 1176-9114 (ISSN-L)
  • 1178-2013
OpenAlex
W3032158130
Cited by
151
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 2
FWCI
1.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • International Journal of Nanomedicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dove Medical Press (Taylor and Francis Group) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Keywords
pH-responsive hydrogels, pH sensor, targeted cancer therapy, skin lesion treatment, controlled drug release, hydrogel synthesis, microcantilever, contact lenses, biomaterials, biomedical applications
MeSH terms
Animals, Bandages, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Wound Healing, Drug Delivery Systems, Food Industry, Hydrogels, Drug Liberation

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