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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Laponite-Based Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications.

Samuel T Stealey, Akhilesh K Gaharwar, Silviya Petrova Zustiak

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Poly(Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. LaponitePharmaceutics · 2025
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  20. LaponiteMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel T StealeyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6355-4551
Akhilesh K GaharwarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77433, USA.
Silviya Petrova ZustiakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63103, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7648-8351
Saint Louis University · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology Graduate AssistantshipSaint Louis University Institute of Drug and Biotherapeutic Innovation Seed Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogels are widely used for therapeutic delivery applications due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ability to control release kinetics by tuning swelling and mechanical properties. However, their clinical utility is hampered by unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties, including high initial burst release and difficulty in achieving prolonged release, especially for small molecules (<500 Da). The incorporation of nanomaterials within hydrogels has emerged as viable option as a method to trap therapeutics within the hydrogel and sustain release kinetics. Specifically, two-dimensional nanosilicate particles offer a plethora of beneficial characteristics, including dually charged surfaces, degradability, and enhanced mechanical properties within hydrogels. The nanosilicate-hydrogel composite system offers benefits not obtainable by just one component, highlighting the need for detail characterization of these nanocomposite hydrogels. This review focuses on Laponite, a disc-shaped nanosilicate with diameter of 30 nm and thickness of 1 nm. The benefits of using Laponite within hydrogels are explored, as well as examples of Laponite-hydrogel composites currently being investigated for their ability to prolong the release of small molecules and macromolecules such as proteins. Future work will further characterize the interplay between nanosilicates, hydrogel polymer, and encapsulated therapeutics, and how each of these components affect release kinetics and mechanical properties.

Indexed as

drug deliveryhydrogelLaponitenanoclaynanocompositenanosilicate

Identifiers

PMID37375768
PMCPMC10304651
OpenAlexW4378982471

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Registered trials

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