Interpenetrating polymer network Biomedical applications

Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPN s) have been studied since the 1960 s although specific blends exhibiting those features were prepared long before. Barrett and Sperling [1993] recendy reviewed the types of IPN s available along with present and potential applications. Specific applications presently utilized include biomedical,... 

N. Jain, P. Kumar Sharma, A. Banik, A. Gupta, and V. Bhardwaj, Phcffmaceutical and Biomedical applications of interpenetrating polymer network. Current Drug Therapy, 6 (4), 263-270, 2011. 

Recently, different authors proposed the blend of soy protein with environmentally sensitive polymers to synthesize composite materials with intelligent features, which may result in new potential applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. Li et al. report the synthesis and self-assembly behavior in aqueous solution of thermally responsive graft copolymer (SPl-g-p(iV-isopropylacrylamide]] of soy protein isolate and N-isopropylacrylamide in aqueous solution by using ammonium persulfate as the initiator and mercaptoacetic acid as the protein unfolding agent (Li et al., 2010]. Alternatively, temperature-sensitive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels based on... 

---