Nanoparticle characterization: state of the art, challenges, and emerging technologies

EJ Cho, H Holback, KC Liu… - Molecular …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles have received enormous attention as a promising tool to enhance target-
specific drug delivery and diagnosis. Various in vitro and in vivo techniques are used to …

Stimulus‐sensitive polymeric nanoparticles and their applications as drug and gene carriers

Y Li, GH Gao, DS Lee - Advanced healthcare materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric nanoparticles are promising candidates as drug and gene carriers. Among
polymeric nanoparticles, those that are responsive to internal or external stimuli are of …

Π–Π stacking increases the stability and loading capacity of thermosensitive polymeric micelles for chemotherapeutic drugs

Y Shi, MJ van Steenbergen, EA Teunissen… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Thermosensitive amphiphilic block copolymers self-assemble into micelles above their
lower critical solution temperature in water, however, the micelles generally display …

Disulfide crosslinked PEGylated starch micelles as efficient intracellular drug delivery platforms

A Zhang, Z Zhang, F Shi, J Ding, C Xiao, X Zhuang… - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel reduction-responsive disulfide core-crosslinked micelles based on amphiphilic starch-
graft-poly (ethylene glycol)(starch-g-PEG) were prepared and used for efficient intracellular …

Poly (acrylic acid)-graft-poly (N-vinylcaprolactam): A novel pH and thermo dual-stimuli responsive system

X Jiang, G Lu, C Feng, Y Li, X Huang - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers have undoubtedly been of great interest in the past few
decades due to a variety of potential applications in biomedical territory. Herein, we report a …

A novel poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)-based well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymer synthesized by successive RAFT and ATRP

X Jiang, Y Li, G Lu, X Huang - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers consisting of a hydrophobic poly (tert-
butyl acrylate)(PtBA) backbone and hydrophilic poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) side …

Acid and reduction dually cleavable amphiphilic comb-like copolymer micelles for controlled drug delivery

W Shao, K Miao, H Liu, C Ye, J Du, Y Zhao - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Disulfide-and acetal-functionalized comb-like copolymers (SACP) with poly (ε-
caprolactone)(PCL) and poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) side chains and a polymethacrylate …

Ultrafine silver nanoparticles with excellent antibacterial efficacy prepared by a handover of vesicle templating to micelle stabilization

H Lu, L Yu, Q Liu, J Du - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a role-switching method for preparing ultrafine water-dispersible silver
nanoparticles with long-term stability based on a soft deformable block copolymer vesicle …

Dual-responsive polyacrylate copolymer micelles with PMAA and PNIPAAm graft brushes: physicochemical properties and prednisone release

YL Luo, RJ Huang, LL Zhang, F Xu, YS Chen - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2013 - Elsevier
A thermo-and pH-stimuli-responsive brush-shaped graft copolymer based on
macromonomers acrylate terminated PMAA–CH= CH 2 and PNIPAAm–CH= CH 2 was …

Synthesis of α-helix-containing PPEGMEA-g-PBLG, well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymer, by sequential SET-LRP and ROP

S Zhai, X Song, C Feng, X Jiang, Y Li, G Lu… - Polymer …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of well-defined polypeptide-based amphiphilic graft copolymers containing
hydrophilic poly (poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate)(PPEGMEA) backbone and …