Thermoresponsive polymer nanocarriers for biomedical applications

A Bordat, T Boissenot, J Nicolas, N Tsapis - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymer nanocarriers allow drug encapsulation leading to fragile molecule protection from
early degradation/metabolization, increased solubility of poorly soluble drugs and improved …

A versatile 3D and 4D printing system through photocontrolled RAFT polymerization

Z Zhang, N Corrigan, A Bagheri, J Jin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition‐fragmentation chain‐transfer (RAFT) polymerization is a valuable tool
for synthesizing macromolecules with controlled topologies and diverse chemical …

Polymer grafting on graphene layers by controlled radical polymerization

P Eskandari, Z Abousalman-Rezvani… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In situ controlled radical polymerization (CRP) is considered as an important approach to
graft polymer brushes with controlled grafting density, functionality, and thickness on …

Visible‐light‐driven MADIX polymerisation via a reusable, low‐cost, and non‐toxic bismuth oxide photocatalyst

K Hakobyan, T Gegenhuber… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous amalgamation of photocatalysis into existing reversible deactivation radical
polymerisation (RDRP) processes has initiated a rapidly propagating area of polymer …

Block copolymer nanoparticles prepared via polymerization-induced self-assembly provide excellent boundary lubrication performance for next-generation ultralow …

MJ Derry, T Smith, PS O'hora… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Core cross-linked poly (stearyl methacrylate)–poly (benzyl methacrylate)–poly (ethylene
glycol dimethacrylate)[S31–B200–E20] triblock copolymer nanoparticles were synthesized …

Fundamentals and effects of biomimicking stimuli-responsive polymers for engineering functions

JM Korde, B Kandasubramanian - Industrial & Engineering …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, reversible responsive polymer materials have received interest
conjointly from academia as well as industry owing to their ability to adapt to the surrounding …

Radical ring-opening copolymerization-induced self-assembly (rROPISA)

E Guegain, C Zhu, E Giovanardi, J Nicolas - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Radical ring-opening copolymerization-induced self-assembly (rROPISA) was performed by
copolymerizing benzyl methacrylate and cyclic ketene acetals (CKA), such as 2-methylene-4 …

Chemically Modified Natural Polymer-Based Theranostic Nanomedicines: Are They the Golden Gate toward a de Novo Clinical Approach against Cancer?

M Jaymand - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
It is an unquestionable fact that cancer, also called malignancy, has or will soon become the
major global health care problem with an increasing incidence worldwide. Conventional …

Antibiofilm platform based on the combination of antimicrobial polymers and essential oils

R Namivandi-Zangeneh, Y Yang, S Xu… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The development of potent strategies to counter microbial biofilm is an urgent priority in
healthcare. The majority of bacterial infections in humans are biofilm related, however …

Tailored synthesis of polymer-brush-grafted mesoporous silicas with N-halamine and quaternary ammonium groups for antimicrobial applications

Y Wang, M Yin, X Lin, L Li, Z Li, X Ren, Y Sun - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial mesoporous materials with polymer brushes on the surface were prepared,
and their structure and antimicrobial performance investigated. Poly ((3-acrylamidopropyl) …