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Overview

Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research activity spans multiple fields and subfields related to medicine and engineering, with a particular focus on biomedical applications and drug delivery systems.

The main fields of study for their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Engineering

Within these broad fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology

The research topics that dominate their publications are:

  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Alvarez-Lorenzo has contributed extensively to peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Alvarez-Lorenzo exemplify their research interests:

  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2024)
  • Semi-solid extrusion 3D printing in drug delivery and biomedicine: Personalised solutions for healthcare challenges, Journal of Controlled Release (2021)
  • Aerogels in drug delivery: From design to application, Journal of Controlled Release (2021)
  • Where Is Nano Today and Where Is It Headed? A Review of Nanomedicine and the Dilemma of Nanotoxicology, ACS Nano (2022)
  • Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing of a bladder device for intravesical drug delivery, Materials Science and Engineering C (2020)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Ángel Concheiro
  • Álvaro Goyanes
  • Abdul W. Basit
  • María Vivero-Lopez
  • Carlos A. García-González

Best Publications

  • Crosslinked ionic polysaccharides for stimuli-sensitive drug delivery.

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Barbara Blanco-Fernandez;Ana M. Puga;Angel Concheiro

  • Light-sensitive intelligent drug delivery systems.

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Lev Bromberg;Angel Concheiro

  • Molecularly imprinted polymers for drug delivery

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • Smart drug delivery systems: from fundamentals to the clinic.

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • Ocular release of timolol from molecularly imprinted soft contact lenses

    Haruyuki Hiratani;Akihito Fujiwara;Yuka Tamiya;Yuri Mizutani

  • Polysaccharide-based aerogel microspheres for oral drug delivery

    C.A. García-González;C.A. García-González;M. Jin;J. Gerth;C. Alvarez-Lorenzo

  • Semi-solid extrusion 3D printing in drug delivery and biomedicine: Personalised solutions for healthcare challenges

    Iria Seoane-Viaño;Patricija Januskaite;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Abdul W. Basit;Abdul W. Basit

  • Imprinted soft contact lenses as norfloxacin delivery systems.

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Fernando Yañez;Rafael Barreiro-Iglesias;Angel Concheiro

  • Soft contact lenses capable of sustained delivery of timolol

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Haruyiki Hiratani;José Luis Gómez-Amoza;Ramón Martínez‐Pacheco

  • Timolol uptake and release by imprinted soft contact lenses made of N,N-diethylacrylamide and methacrylic acid.

    Haruyuki Hiratani;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

  • Aerogels in drug delivery: From design to application.

    Carlos A. García-González;Alejandro Sosnik;József Kalmár;Iolanda De Marco

  • Temperature-sensitive chitosan-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) interpenetrated networks with enhanced loading capacity and controlled release properties

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro;Alexander S. Dubovik;Natalia V. Grinberg

  • To Remove or Not to Remove? The Challenge of Extracting the Template to Make the Cavities Available in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs)

    Rosa A. Lorenzo;Antonia M. Carro;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • Cationic cellulose hydrogels: kinetics of the cross-linking process and characterization as pH-/ion-sensitive drug delivery systems.

    Rosalı́a Rodrı́guez;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • Reversible adsorption by a pH- and temperature-sensitive acrylic hydrogel.

    Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • The nature of backbone monomers determines the performance of imprinted soft contact lenses as timolol drug delivery systems.

    Haruyuki Hiratani;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

  • Cyclodextrin-based nanogels for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

    Maria D. Moya-Ortega;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro;Thorsteinn Loftsson

  • Chemically cross-linked and grafted cyclodextrin hydrogels: from nanostructures to drug-eluting medical devices.

    Angel Concheiro;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

  • Improving the loading and release of NSAIDs from pHEMA hydrogels by copolymerization with functionalized monomers.

    Paula Andrade-Vivero;Elena Fernandez-Gabriel;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo;Angel Concheiro

  • Vancomycin-loaded chitosan aerogel particles for chronic wound applications

    Clara López-Iglesias;Joana Barros;Inés Ardao;Fernando J. Monteiro

  • Supramolecular cyclodextrin-based drug nanocarriers

    Susana M. N. Simões;Ana Rey-Rico;Ana Rey-Rico;Angel Concheiro;Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel Concheiro
Angel Concheiro University of Santiago de Compostela
Francisco Veiga
Francisco Veiga University of Coimbra
João F. Mano
João F. Mano University of Aveiro
Maria H. Gil
Maria H. Gil University of Coimbra
Thorsteinn Loftsson
Thorsteinn Loftsson University of Iceland
Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University
Magali Cucchiarini
Magali Cucchiarini Saarland University
Alexander Y. Grosberg
Alexander Y. Grosberg New York University

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