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Overview

Pietro Matricardi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on biomaterials, molecular medicine, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and pharmaceutical science.

Their scholarly work extensively covers topics such as hydrogels synthesis, properties, and applications, research on proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans, polysaccharide composition and applications, ocular surface and contact lens science, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Matricardi has published in a variety of academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Pharmaceutics
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Drug Delivery and Translational Research
  • Journal of Controlled Release

The following recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research:

  • "The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) research roadmap 2040: Advanced strategies for exploiting the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources," 2023, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • "Biodistribution and intracellular localization of hyaluronan and its nanogels. A strategy to target intracellular S. aureus in persistent skin infections," 2020, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Dual Nanostructured Lipid Carriers/Hydrogel System for Delivery of Curcumin for Topical Skin Applications," 2022, Biomolecules
  • "Hyaluronan-Cholesterol Nanogels for the Enhancement of the Ocular Delivery of Therapeutics," 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • "Strategies to load therapeutics into polysaccharide-based nanogels with a focus on microfluidics: A review," 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chiara Di Meo, Nicole Zoratto, Tommasina Coviello, Elita Montanari, and Luciana Mosca.

Best Publications

  • Polysaccharide hydrogels for modified release formulations.

    Tommasina Coviello;Pietro Matricardi;Carlotta Marianecci;Franco Alhaique

  • Interpenetrating Polymer Networks polysaccharide hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue engineering

    Pietro Matricardi;Chiara Di Meo;Tommasina Coviello;Wim E. Hennink

  • Hyaluronic acid and dextran-based semi-IPN hydrogels as biomaterials for bioprinting.

    Laura Pescosolido;Wouter Schuurman;Jos Malda;Pietro Matricardi

  • Preparation and characterization of novel gellan gum hydrogels suitable for modified drug release.

    Pietro Matricardi;Claudia Cencetti;Roberto Ria;Franco Alhaique

  • Scleroglucan: a versatile polysaccharide for modified drug delivery.

    Tommasina Coviello;Antonio Palleschi;Mario Grassi;Pietro Matricardi

  • Recent advances and perspectives on coated alginate microspheres for modified drug delivery

    Pietro Matricardi;Chiara Di Meo;Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique

  • Cyclodextrin/PEG based hydrogels for multi-drug delivery.

    Stefano Salmaso;Alessandra Semenzato;Sara Bersani;Pietro Matricardi

  • Two galactomannans and scleroglucan as matrices for drug delivery: Preparation and release studies

    Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique;Antonello Dorigo;Pietro Matricardi

  • Molecularly imprinted polymers for 5-fluorouracil release in biological fluids.

    Francesco Puoci;Francesca Iemma;Giuseppe Cirillo;Nevio Picci

  • In situ forming IPN hydrogels of calcium alginate and dextran-HEMA for biomedical applications.

    Laura Pescosolido;Tina Vermonden;Jos Malda;Roberta Censi

  • Effect of temperature and cross-linking density on rheology of chemical cross-linked guar gum at the gel point

    Chiara Sandolo;Pietro Matricardi;Franco Alhaique;Tommasina Coviello

  • A new vesicle-loaded hydrogel system suitable for topical applications: preparation and characterization.

    Maria Carafa;Carlotta Marianecci;Luisa Di Marzio;Federica Rinaldi

  • Drug delivery strategies using polysaccharidic gels

    Tommasina Coviello;Pietro Matricardi;Franco Alhaique

  • Preparation and characterization of antimicrobial wound dressings based on silver, gellan, PVA and borax.

    C. Cencetti;D. Bellini;A. Pavesio;D. Senigaglia

  • Mesh size distribution determination of interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels

    Laura Pescosolido;Luigi Feruglio;Rossella Farra;Simona Fiorentino

  • In situ cross-linkable novel alginate-dextran methacrylate IPN hydrogels for biomedical applications: mechanical characterization and drug delivery properties.

    Pietro Matricardi;Marilena Pontoriero;Tommasina Coviello;Maria Antonietta Casadei

  • Characterization of polysaccharide hydrogels for modified drug delivery

    C. Sandolo;T. Coviello;P. Matricardi;F. Alhaique

  • Dynamo-mechanical and rheological characterization of guar gum hydrogels

    Chiara Sandolo;Pietro Matricardi;Franco Alhaique;Tommasina Coviello

  • Hyaluronic acid nanohydrogels as a useful tool for BSAO immobilization in the treatment of melanoma cancer cells.

    Elita Montanari;Sabrina Capece;Chiara Di Meo;Martina Meringolo

  • A new polysaccharidic gel matrix for drug delivery: preparation and mechanical properties.

    Tommasina Coviello;Franco Alhaique;Chiara Parisi;Pietro Matricardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tommasina Coviello
Tommasina Coviello Sapienza University of Rome
Mario Grassi
Mario Grassi University of Trieste
Donatella Capitani
Donatella Capitani National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Wim E. Hennink
Wim E. Hennink Utrecht University
Gaetano Giammona
Gaetano Giammona University of Palermo
Tina Vermonden
Tina Vermonden Utrecht University
Paolo Caliceti
Paolo Caliceti University of Padua
Claudio Villani
Claudio Villani Sapienza University of Rome
Jos Malda
Jos Malda Utrecht University

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