Table 1.
Recent examples of biomedical applications of biodegradable polymers.
| Application | Polymer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Wound dressing/healing | PCL/chitosan-carrageenan hydrogel | [392] |
| Methyl cellulose | [393] | |
| Chitosan-PVA hydrogel | [394] | |
| Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/carboxymethyl starch | [395] | |
| Sodium alginate-grafted poly(β-carboxyethyl acrylate-co-acrylamide) hydrogel | [396] | |
| Chitosan+hyaluronic acid hydrogels | [397] | |
| Biosensors | Silk | [398,399] |
| Nanocellulose | [400] | |
| Chitosan films | [401] | |
| Poly (vanillin-co-chitosan) | [402] | |
| Drug delivery | Chitosan-based hydrogels | [403] |
| Poly (HEMA-co-MAA) hydrogel | [404] | |
| PLLA | [405] | |
| Alginate | [406] | |
| Carboxymethyl cellulose-gum Arab-based hydrogel beads | [407] | |
| Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine | PLA | [408] |
| Methacrylated gelatin | [409] | |
| Chitosan | [410] | |
| Alginate/gelatine | [411] | |
| PLGA composites | [412] | |
| Gene delivery | Hyaluronic acid-based microspheres | [413] |
| Polylactic acid-b-poly(N-(3-aminopropyl) methacrylamide) copolymers | [414] | |
| Poly(amidoamine) | [415] | |
| Chitosan nanoparticles | [416] | |
| Targeting therapy | Dextran | [417] |
| Hyaluronan nanoparticles | [418] | |
| Carboxymethyl chitosan | [419] | |
| Polydopamine | [420] |