Biphasic Porous Bijel-Like Structures with Hydrogel Domains as Controlled Drug Delivery Systems.

ABSTRACT: Bijels are a peculiar type of Pickering emulsion that have a bicontinuous morphology and are stabilised by a jammed layer of nanoparticles (NPs). Due to their double nature, their usage has increased in recent years in various fields, such as biological and food applications. In fact, they can release both hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds simultaneously. An improvement to this structure is the use of a hydrophobic monomer like polycaprolactone as the organic phase, which is able to polymerise during the formation of the structure. Unfortunately, the structures formed in this way always have some drawbacks, such as their thermal stability or degradation when submerged in an aqueous medium. A number of studies have been carried out in which some parameters, such as the NPs or the monome

SUBMITTER: Pizzetti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10815427 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature