Amphiphilic block copolymers: their structures, and self-assembly to polymeric micelles and polymersomes as drug delivery vehicles

K Kuperkar, D Patel, LI Atanase, P Bahadur - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers display a multiplicity of nanoscale periodic
patterns proposed as a dominant tool for the 'bottom-up'fabrication of nanomaterials with …

Polymersome-based protein drug delivery–quo vadis?

MG Gouveia, JP Wesseler, J Ramaekers… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Block copolymer solution self‐assembly: Recent advances, emerging trends, and applications

M Karayianni, S Pispas - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly process of block copolymers (BCPs) in solution has been at the focus of
extended scientific research over the past several decades owing to the astonishing …

Multiblock copolymer synthesis via RAFT emulsion polymerization

GKK Clothier, TR Guimarães, SW Thompson… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A multiblock copolymer is a polymer of a specific structure that consists of multiple covalently
linked segments, each comprising a different monomer type. The control of the monomer …

Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

MA Beach, U Nayanathara, Y Gao, C Zhang… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The recent emergence of nanomedicine has revolutionized the therapeutic landscape and
necessitated the creation of more sophisticated drug delivery systems. Polymeric …

Principles and characteristics of polymerization-induced self-assembly with various polymerization techniques

EJ Cornel, J Jiang, S Chen, J Du - CCS Chemistry, 2021 - chinesechemsoc.org
A chemical reaction that drives a physical polymer self-assembly process, namely,
polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA), combines block copolymer synthesis and …

Synthesis and applications of ZnO/polymer nanohybrids

Z Wang, MR Bockstaller, K Matyjaszewski - ACS Materials Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Because of its distinctive combination of physical properties such as high thermal
conductivity, ultraviolet (UV) absorbance, or catalytic behavior, zinc oxide-based …

Recent Advances in Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly (PISA) Syntheses in Non‐Polar Media

C György, SP Armes - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is well‐known that polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) is a powerful and highly
versatile technique for the rational synthesis of colloidal dispersions of diblock copolymer …

Expanding the Scope of Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly: Recent Advances and New Horizons

J Cao, Y Tan, Y Chen, L Zhang… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade or so, polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) has become a
versatile method for rational preparation of concentrated block copolymer nanoparticles with …

Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly

A Belluati, S Jimaja, RJ Chadwick, C Glynn… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial cells are biomimetic microstructures that mimic functions of natural cells, can be
applied as building blocks for molecular systems engineering, and host synthetic biology …