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ArticleMacromolecular rapid communications2026

Photocontrolled Drug Release From Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adduct Amphiphile Doped Laden Polymeric Hydrogel.

Wai-Ki Wong, Man-Huen Leung, Ka-Lung Hung, Leong-Hung Cheung, Kelvin Sze-Yim Cai, Nathanael Chun-Him Lai, Ka-Hing Wong, Franco King-Chi Leung

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Article in Macromolecular rapid communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Wai-Ki WongDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Man-Huen LeungDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Ka-Lung HungDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Leong-Hung CheungDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Kelvin Sze-Yim CaiDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Nathanael Chun-Him LaiDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Ka-Hing WongDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Franco King-Chi LeungDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0895-9307

Funding

Centre for Eye and Vision ResearchCroucher FoundationHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund 15305822Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In chemotherapy, drug dosage should be carefully planned with precise pharmacokinetics. Compared to direct, soluble drug administration, a stimuli-responsive drug delivery material system provided an on-demand medication with minimum adverse effects. Among many stimuli, the use of external red light enables manual remote functionality compared to physiological stimuli such as pH. Herein, a 650 nm red-light-responsive, metal-free hydrogel scaffold for stimuli-responsive drug delivery is reported. The hydrogel network is built by poly(ethylene) glycol thiol and poly(ethylene) glycol acrylate via Michael addition. Donor-acceptor Stenhouse adduct amphiphile (DA), which acts as the moderator of hydrophobic drug doxorubicin, is encapsulated in a polyethylene glycol network to create a drug-loaded hydrogel scaffold. The preparation of DA is purely aqueous and shows a broad absorbance band over 430-800 nm, which enables potential operation in deep tissue. During the drug release experiments, the presence of amphiphile greatly slows the drug release rate in vitro. By using 650 nm laser irradiation, the drug release from amphiphile-encapsulated hydrogel can be triggered after the passive diffusion period. The proposed hydrogel serves as an example of the combination of a photo-switch conjugated amphiphile and a conventional, commercially available polymer hydrogel network, which could serve as a potential smart material for drug delivery.

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DoxorubicinDrug CarriersHydrogelsPolymersDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsPolyethylene GlycolsRed LightDoxorubicinDrug CarriersHydrogelsPolyethylene GlycolsPolymerschemotherapydonor–acceptor Stenhouse adductdrug deliveryhydrogelphoto‐responsive amphiphilesmart materials

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PMID42438041
PMCPMC13489178

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