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ArticlePolymers2022

Crosslinking-Dependent Drug Kinetics in Hydrogels for Ophthalmic Delivery.

Nicole Mortensen, Parker Toews, Jeffrey Bates

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nicole MortensenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, 122 Central Campus Drive, Room 304, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Parker ToewsDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, 122 Central Campus Drive, Room 304, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0338-018X
Jeffrey BatesDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, 122 Central Campus Drive, Room 304, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4381-5301

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug-diffusion kinetics in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate hydrogels were studied as a function of the crosslinking density and porosity. By varying the concentration of the crosslinker, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, we demonstrated how the release of Timolol maleate could be optimized to allow for efficient drug delivery. FTIR and spectrophotometry supplied optical inferences into the functional groups present. By studying the swelling and degradation of hydrogels, supplemented with drug-release kinetics studies, the relationship between these two tenets could be formulated.

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crosslinkinghydrogelsophthalmic drug deliveryoptimization study

Identifiers

PMID35054655
PMCPMC8779755

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