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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2023

Enhanced Stability of Dopamine Delivery via Hydrogel with Integrated Graphene.

Cristina Mormile, Ocsana Opriș, Stefano Bellucci, Ildiko Lung, Irina Kacso, Alexandru Turza, Matteo La Pietra, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Adina Stegarescu, Maria-Loredana Soran

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cristina MormileNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ocsana OprișNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9765-2739
Stefano BellucciINFN-National Laboratories of Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0326-6368
Ildiko LungNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Irina KacsoNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Alexandru TurzaNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1920-9272
Matteo La PietraINFN-National Laboratories of Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy.
Cristian Vacacela GomezINFN-National Laboratories of Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9248-9944
Adina StegarescuNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Maria-Loredana SoranNational Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3770-9702
National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies · ROIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati · ITMarche Polytechnic University · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synthesis of graphene-based materials for drug delivery represents an area of active research, and the use of graphene in drug delivery systems is promising due to its unique properties. Thus, in the present work, we discuss the potential of few-layer graphene in a hydrogel system for dopamine release. The hydrogels are frequently used for these systems for their special physico-chemical properties, which can ensure that the drug is effectively released in time. However, the release from such structures is mostly determined by diffusion alone, and to overcome this restriction, the hydrogel can be "improved" with nanoscale fillers like graphene. The release kinetics of the composite obtained were analyzed to better understand how the use of graphene, instead of the more common graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), affects the characteristics of the system. Thus, the systems developed in this study consist of three main components: biopolymer, graphene, and dopamine. The hydrogels with graphene were prepared by combining two different solutions, one with polyacrylic acid and agarose and one with graphene prepared by the exfoliation method with microwave irradiation. The drug delivery systems were developed by adding dopamine to the obtained hydrogels. After 24 h of release, the presence of dopamine was observed, demonstrating that the system developed can slow down the drug's degradation because of the interactions with the graphene nanoplates and the polymer matrix.

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dopaminedrug deliverygraphenehydrogels

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PMID38132812
PMCPMC10744308
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