Surface-initiated polymer brushes in the biomedical field: applications in membrane science, biosensing, cell culture, regenerative medicine and antibacterial coatings

M Krishnamoorthy, S Hakobyan, M Ramstedt… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Recent trends in the design of anticancer polymer prodrug nanocarriers

V Delplace, P Couvreur, J Nicolas - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocarriers based on polymers have attracted much attention to perform drug delivery,
especially in cancer therapy. Although significant advances have been reported, important …

SARA ATRP or SET-lRP. end of controversy?

D Konkolewicz, Y Wang, P Krys, M Zhong, AA Isse… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A debate has proceeded in the literature regarding the mechanism of reversible-deactivation
radical polymerization in the presence of Cu0. The two proposed models are supplemental …

Highly controlled open vessel RAFT polymerizations by enzyme degassing

R Chapman, AJ Gormley, KL Herpoldt… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Intolerance to oxygen is a key limitation in many reactions and particularly in controlled
radical polymerizations. Here we introduce the use of enzymes such as glucose oxidase …

Stimuli-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate-based block copolymers: Synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly and functional applications

J Hu, G Zhang, Z Ge, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past decade, responsive polymers exhibiting reversible or irreversible changes in
physical properties and/or chemical structures in response to external stimuli have been …

Photoinduced sequence-control via one pot living radical polymerization of acrylates

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, GS Pappas, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to regulate the activation and deactivation steps via an external stimulus has
always been a challenge in polymer chemistry. In an ideal photo-mediated system, whereby …

Poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam): A Thermoresponsive Macromolecule with Promising Future in Biomedical Field

J Liu, A Debuigne, C Detrembleur… - Advanced healthcare …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (N‐vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) is a thermoresponsive and biocompatible polymer that
raises an increasing interest in the biomedical area, especially in drug delivery systems …

Intra‐chain photodimerization of pendant anthracene units as an efficient route to single‐chain nanoparticle fabrication

PG Frank, BT Tuten, A Prasher… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient route to architecturally defined, sub‐20 nm soft nanoparticles fabricated from
single polymer chains via intramolecular photodimerization of pendant anthracene units is …

RAFT polymerization of vinyl esters: synthesis and applications

S Harrisson, X Liu, JN Ollagnier, O Coutelier, JD Marty… - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
This article is the first comprehensive review on the study and use of vinyl ester monomers in
reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. It covers all the …

Optimization of the RAFT polymerization conditions for the in situ formation of nano-objects via dispersion polymerization in alcoholic medium

W Zhao, G Gody, S Dong, PB Zetterlund… - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrophilic polymer brushes based on poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate (P
(PEGA454)) or poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (P (PEGMA475)), both …