Recent development of unimolecular micelles as functional materials and applications

X Fan, Z Li, XJ Loh - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Unimolecular micelles have attracted increasing attention due to their high functionality,
encapsulation and site specific confinement capabilities in various applications. Compared …

Smart triblock dendritic unimolecular micelles as pioneering nanomaterials: Advancement pertaining to architecture and biomedical applications

P Tambe, P Kumar, KM Paknikar, V Gajbhiye - Journal of controlled release, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent interest in triblock dendritic unimolecular micelles has opened a new spectrum for its
ubiquitous application in biomedical sciences specially drug delivery. Unimolecular …

Dendritic macromolecular architectures: dendrimer-based polyion complex micelles

S Mignani, X Shi, M Zablocka, JP Majoral - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymeric micelles are nanoassemblies that are formed by spontaneous arrangement of
amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous solutions at critical micelle concentration (CMC) …

Complex polymeric architectures self-assembling in unimolecular micelles: preparation, characterization and drug nanoencapsulation

S Ordanini, F Cellesi - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Unimolecular polymeric micelles are a class of single-molecule amphiphilic core-shell
polymeric architectures, where the hydrophobic core is well stabilized by the hydrophilic …

Biodegradable polyester unimolecular systems as emerging materials for therapeutic applications

X Liu, X Fan, L Jiang, XJ Loh, YL Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Unimolecular micelles, as a class of single-molecular micelles, are structurally stable
regardless of their concentrations or alterations of the outer environment such as pH …

Dendritic core–shell systems as soft drug delivery nanocarriers

MC Lukowiak, BNS Thota, R Haag - Biotechnology Advances, 2015 - Elsevier
Unimolecular micelles are covalently bound molecular architectures and therefore highly
stable which makes them particularly attractive for drug delivery. Accordingly, many reports …

Noncovalent interaction-assisted polymeric micelles for controlled drug delivery

J Ding, L Chen, C Xiao, L Chen, X Zhuang… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric micelles are one of the most promising nanovehicles for drug delivery. In addition
to amphiphilicity, various individual or synergistic noncovalent interplays including strong …

Water-soluble dendritic unimolecular micelles:: Their potential as drug delivery agents

M Liu, K Kono, JMJ Fréchet - Journal of Controlled Release, 2000 - Elsevier
To explore the potential of dendritic unimolecular micelles in drug delivery systems, dendritic
unimolecular micelles with a hydrophobic core surrounded by a hydrophilic shell were …

Multimicelle aggregate mechanism for spherical multimolecular micelles: From theories, characteristics and properties to applications

M Qi, Y Zhou - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Spherical micelles are the most commonly and widely used supramolecular structures in the
self-assembly studies of amphiphilic polymers and for applications in areas such as sensing …

Synthesis approaches of amphiphilic copolymers for spherical micelles preparation: Application in drug delivery

A Aliabadi, M Hasannia, M Vakili-Azghandi… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of polymeric micelles in aqueous environments through the self-assembly of
amphiphilic polymers can provide a versatile platform to increase the solubility and …