• Department of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, P.R.China;
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Polymeric hydrogels have been widely researched as drug delivery systems, wound dressings and tissue engineering scaffolds due to their unique properties such as good biocompatibility, shaping ability and similar properties to extracellular matrix. However, further development of conventional hydrogels for biomedical applications is still limited by their poor mechanical properties and self-healing properties. Currently, nanocomposite hydrogels with excellent properties and customized functions can be obtained by introducing nanoparticles into their network, and different types of nanoparticles, including carbon-based, polymer-based, inorganic-based and metal-based nanoparticle, are commonly used. Nanocomposite hydrogels incorporated with polymeric micelles can not only enhance the mechanical properties, self-healing properties and chemical properties of hydrogels, but also improve the in vivo stability of micelles. Therefore, micelle-hydrogel nanocomposites have been recently considered as promising biomaterials. In this paper, the structure, properties and methods for preparation of the micelle-hydrogel nanocomposite systems are introduced, and their applications in drug delivery, wound treatment and tissue engineering are reviewed, aiming to provide reference for further development and application of the nanocomposites.

Citation: ZENG Ni, JIANG Linrui, MIAO Qingshan, ZHI Yunfei, SHAN Shaoyun, SU Hongying. Preparation and applications of the polymeric micelle/hydrogel nanocomposites as biomaterials. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2021, 38(3): 609-620. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.202011024 Copy

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