RAFT polymerization to form stimuli-responsive polymers

G Moad - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

Polymer vesicles: Mechanism, preparation, application, and responsive behavior

Y Zhu, B Yang, S Chen, J Du - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer vesicles, also known as polymersomes, are finding increasing applications in
biomedical field, including drug delivery, gene therapy, magnetic resonance imaging …

Dispersity effects in polymer self-assemblies: a matter of hierarchical control

KEB Doncom, LD Blackman, DB Wright… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced applications of polymeric self-assembled structures require a stringent degree of
control over such aspects as functionality location, morphology and size of the resulting …

To aggregate, or not to aggregate? considerations in the design and application of polymeric thermally-responsive nanoparticles

MI Gibson, RK O'Reilly - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The aim of this review is to highlight some of the challenges in designing thermally
responsive nanoparticles, where the responsivity is endowed by a responsive polymeric …

Polycation architecture and assembly direct successful gene delivery: micelleplexes outperform polyplexes via optimal DNA packaging

Z Tan, Y Jiang, W Zhang, L Karls… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cellular delivery of biomacromolecules is vital to medical research and therapeutic
development. Cationic polymers are promising and affordable candidate vehicles for these …

Multifunctional pH-disintegrable micellar nanoparticles of asymmetrically functionalized β-cyclodextrin-based star copolymer covalently conjugated with doxorubicin …

T Liu, X Li, Y Qian, X Hu, S Liu - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
We report on a novel type of multifunctional pH-disintegrable micellar nanoparticles
fabricated from asymmetrically functionalized β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) based star copolymers …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly: the effect of end group and initiator concentration on morphology of nanoparticles prepared via RAFT aqueous emulsion …

SY Khor, NP Truong, JF Quinn, MR Whittaker… - ACS Macro …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a widely used technique for the synthesis of
nanoparticles with various morphologies including spheres, worms, and vesicles. The …

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of CO2–Temperature Dual Stimuli-Responsive Triblock Copolymers

B Liu, H Zhou, S Zhou, H Zhang, AC Feng… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Poly (N, N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)(PDMAEMA) with a β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) at the
chain end was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); poly (ε …

Multifunctional homopolymer vesicles for facile immobilization of gold nanoparticles and effective water remediation

Y Zhu, L Fan, B Yang, J Du - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
Homopolymers have been considered as a nonideal building block for creating well-defined
nanostructures due to their fuzzy boundary between hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties …

pH-sensitive block copolymer vesicles with variable trigger points for drug delivery

J Du, L Fan, Q Liu - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have previously reported the preparation of a novel pH-sensitive and biocompatible
polymer vesicle in pure water based on the spontaneous self-assembly of a diblock …