This chapter provides a general description of smart drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on the use of stimuli-responsive polymers. Smart DDSs have the distinctiveness of carrying out the release of therapeutics at the ...

© 2019 by the authors.The flexibility in polymer properties has allowed the development of a broad range of materials with electroactivity, such as intrinsically conductive conjugated polymers, percolated conductive ...

The flexibility in polymer properties has allowed the development of a broad range of materials with electroactivity, such as intrinsically conductive conjugated polymers, percolated conductive composites, and ionic ...

The new type of materials available all around the world, from enzymes or antibodies to nanomaterials, molecular imprinting polymers and surface modified products will be considered on the light of tremendous improvements ...

A thermoplastic elastomer polyethylene (TEPE) based on an ethylene/1-butene copolymer having shape memory effect (SME) without any chemical modification is presented and the effect of adding either carbon nanotubes or ...

Food packaging has a crucial function in the modern food industry. New food packaging technologies seek to meet consumers and industrial's demands. Changes related to food production, sale practices and consumers' lifestyles, ...

The adequate use of water for irrigation in agriculture is a widespread concern. In this study, we developed an autonomous smart system consisting of a new hydrogel into a valve, which regulates the flow of water according ...