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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2019

Electrochemically Controlled Dissolution of Nanocarbon-Cellulose Acetate Phthalate Microneedle Arrays.

Ashleigh Anderson, Catherine Hegarty, Charnete Casimero, James Davis

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Electrical Microneedles for Wound Treatment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  3. Progressive microneedles for targeting and intelligent drug delivery.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2025
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  5. Recent progress of polymeric microneedle-assisted long-acting transdermal drug delivery.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2024
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  12. Smart Microneedles for Therapy and Diagnosis.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2020
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  13. Microneedle-Mediated Delivery of Extracellular Matrix-Inspired Peptides for Mitigation of Burn Wound Progression and Support of Tissue Repair.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashleigh AndersonSchool of Engineering , Ulster University , Jordanstown , Northern Ireland BT37 0QB.
Catherine HegartySchool of Engineering , Ulster University , Jordanstown , Northern Ireland BT37 0QB.
Charnete CasimeroSchool of Engineering , Ulster University , Jordanstown , Northern Ireland BT37 0QB.
James DavisSchool of Engineering , Ulster University , Jordanstown , Northern Ireland BT37 0QB.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4284-4431
University of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transdermal microneedles have captured the attention of researchers in relation to a variety of applications, and silicone-based molds required to produce these systems are now widely available and can be readily manufactured on the lab bench. The production of nanocomposite microneedle arrays through micromolding techniques is described. The formulation of nanoparticulate carbon along with pH sensitive cellulose acetate phthalate as a polymeric binder is shown to produce conductive microneedles whose swelling/dissolution properties can be controlled electrochemically. Through exploiting hydrogen evolution at the microneedle array, changes in local pH can induce swelling within the needle structure and could lay the foundations for a new approach to the smart device controlled delivery of therapeutic agents. The surface modification of the carbon needles with palladium and cysteine is critically assessed from sensing and drug delivery perspectives.

Indexed as

Electrochemical TechniquesNeedlesCarbonCelluloseCysteineHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationNanoparticlesPalladiumCarbonCellulosecellulose acetate phthalateCysteinePalladiumdrug deliveryHERmicroneedlepalladiumsmart patchestransdermal

Identifiers

PMID31490645
PMCPMC7006997
OpenAlexW2971834568

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Registered trials

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