Smart Hydrogels for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

Since the last few decades, the development of smart hydrogels, which can respond to stimuli and adapt their responses based on external cues from their environments, has become a thriving research frontier in the biomedical engineering field. Nowadays, drug delivery systems have received great attention and smart hydrogels can be potentially used in these systems due to their high stability, physicochemical properties, and biocompatibility. Smart hydrogels can change their hydrophilicity, swelling ability, physical properties, and molecules permeability, influenced by external stimuli such as pH, temperature, electrical and magnetic fields, light, and the biomolecules’ concentration, thus resulting in the controlled release of the loaded drugs. Herein, this review encompasses the latest investigations in the field of stimuli-responsive drug-loaded hydrogels and our contribution to this matter.     

Numerical investigation on electron effects in the mass transfer of the plasma species in aqueous solution

The objective of this work is to contribute an understanding of the effects of electrons in the plasmas on the mass transfer of plasma species in aqueous solution by means of the numerical simulation based on a one-dimensional diffusion-reaction model. The plasma species are divided into two groups, i.e. electrons and the other species, and the mass transfer in the three scenarios has been simulated, including the systematic calculations of the depth distributions of five major reactive species, OH, O₃, HO₂ , O₂^-, and H₂O₂ . In the three scenarios, the particles considered to enter into aqueous solution are all the plasma species (the scenario I, where the mass transfer of plasma species is a result due to the synergy of the electrons and the other plasma species), the other species (the scenario II), and only electrons in plasma species (the scenario III), respectively. The detailed analyses on the difference between the depth distributions of each reactive species in these three scenarios show the following conclusions. The electrons play an important role in the mass transfer of plasma species in aqueous solution and the synergy of the electrons and the other plasma species (the electron-species synergy) presents its different effects on the mass transfer. The vast majority of H₂O₂ are generated from a series of the electron- related reactions in aqueous solution, which is hardly affected by the electron-species synergy. Compared to the results when only the electrons enter into the liquid region, the electron-species synergy evidently weakens the generation of O₂^-, O₃ , and OH, but promotes to produce HO₂ .     

Tungsten-based Nanomaterials in the Biomedical Field: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Progress and Prospects

Tungsten-based nanomaterials (TNMs) with diverse nanostructures and unique physicochemical properties have been widely applied in the biomedical field. Although various reviews have described the application of TNMs in specific biomedical fields, there are still no comprehensive studies that summarize and analyze research trends of the field as a whole. To identify and further promote the development of biomedical TNMs, a bibliometric analysis method is used to analyze all relevant literature on this topic. First, general bibliometric distributions of the dataset by year, country, institute, referenced source, and research hotspots are recognized. Next, a comprehensive review of the subjectively recognized research hotspots in various biomedical fields, including biological sensing, anticancer treatments, antibacterials, and toxicity evaluation, is provided. Finally, the prospects and challenges of TNMs are discussed to provide a new perspective for further promoting their development in biomedical research.     

激光诱导空泡在生物医学中的应用

激光诱导空泡现象从20世纪中期被发现之后,就受到了广泛的关注,而近年来研究热点之一的微流控技术,由于在物理尺寸上与激光诱导空泡尺度匹配,近年来研究人员已经将这两个技术融合在一起应用于生物医学领域。通过细胞膜穿孔给细胞微注射药物、通过红细胞的形变量的大小来检测红细胞是否发生病变、通过荧光标记技术来筛选细胞以及降低眼部虹膜切割手术带来的副作用等,综述了激光诱导空泡结合微流控生物芯片在生物医学中的应用,展望了激光诱导空泡现象在生物医学中应用的方向。     

木质素基生物质材料性能与应用的研究进展

木质素是一种生物基材料,具有酚羟基、醇羟基、羰基和羧基等官能团,深入了解木质素的特性和结构将有助于木质素高值高质的开发利用。考虑到木质素在生产增值产品方面的多功能特性（如木质素具有抗氧化、抗菌、抗病毒、生物相容性好、无毒等特性）,本文主要综述了木质素基复合材料在抗菌载体、生物分解、药物传递、抗紫外线和组织工程等领域的潜在应用,以及木质素纳米粒子与碳材料在生物医学中的巨大作用。     

自寻优Fuzzy控制在肢体外循环系统中的应用

设计了一种带预测参数的在线自寻优Fuzzy控制器,用于解决生物医学循环系统中存在的慢时变非线性等问题,对系统中温度、pH值、压力等参数进行控制,取得了很好的效果.     

两维荧光光谱技术及最佳光谱分辨率设计

研究和发展了一种两维荧光光谱测量及成像技术,讨论获得两维空间离散点的最佳光谱分辨率的方法.该技术以棱镜色散原理为基础,利用微透镜阵列实现对样品的离散化照明,充分发挥光学系统固有的并行处理能力,实现了在一个面阵探测器上同时记录两维空间的荧光光谱图像.与逐点扫描方法相比,该技术的扫描效率随激发点数线性提高,具有快速测量、高空间和高光谱分辨的特点,可用于生物医学领域.     

纳米淀粉微球的制备及其在生物医药中的应用

综述了纳米淀粉微球的3种制备方法:物理法、化学法和反相微乳液法,介绍了反相微乳液法制备纳米淀粉微球的原理、制备步骤、淀粉微球性质及其在生物医药领域的应用。     

纳米Fe3O4磁性颗粒表面改性及其在医学和环保领域的应用

纳米Fe₃O₄磁性材料在生物医学、环保、催化及电子信息等领域有巨大的应用潜力,但单独的纳米Fe₃O₄颗粒存在一些弊端,难以直接使用,在生物医药领域尤其如此。对Fe₃O₄磁性纳米粒子进行表面改性,可以改善其结构与性能,因此,备受科学界关注。对近年来Fe₃O₄磁性纳米颗粒的表面改性方法及其在生物医学、环境工程两大领域中的应用做了综述,并对今后发展趋势做了初步的展望。     

羟基磷灰石纳米粒子表面修饰的研究进展

羟基磷灰石是人体骨骼和牙齿的主要无机成分,具有良好的生物相容性和生物活性,且能诱导骨组织的生长,促进组织缺损的修复,是性能优异的骨修复材料。近年来,纳米羟基磷灰石由于其独特的性能,在生物医学领域展现出新的应用功能。但是,为了发挥纳米羟基磷灰石独特的功能特性,常常需要对其进行表面修饰,以满足生物医学应用的条件和要求。从生物医学角度,针对羟基磷灰石纳米粒子在生物显影、DNA转染、药物递送、与高分子复合、促进成骨和抑菌等方面的应用,对羟基磷灰石纳米粒子的表面修饰研究进行论述,探讨相关表面修饰思路和技术及修饰应用效果。通过表面修饰,不仅可以提高羟基磷灰石纳米粒子的分散性和悬浮稳定性,提升药物装载能力和促进成骨能力,还可以赋予其生物显影能力、主动靶向功能和抑菌能力。总之,表面修饰是一种促进羟基磷灰石纳米粒子生物医学应用的有效手段。