Nisar S, Pandit AH, Wang LF, Rattan S. Strategy to design a smart photocleavable and pH sensitive chitosan based hydrogel through a novel crosslinker: a potential vehicle for controlled drug delivery.
RSC Adv 2020;
10:14694-14704. [PMID:
35497171 PMCID:
PMC9052095 DOI:
10.1039/c9ra10333c]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
We report the synthesis of a novel photocleavable crosslinker and its joining with amine-based polysachharides, viz. chitosan, resulting in the formation of a dual stimuli-responsive hydrogel having UV- and pH-responsive sites.
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