Sequence-controlled polymers

JF Lutz, M Ouchi, DR Liu, M Sawamoto - Science, 2013 - science.org
Background During the last few decades, progress has been made in manipulating the
architecture of synthetic polymer materials. However, the primary structure—that is, the …

Controlled/living radical polymerization in dispersed systems: an update

PB Zetterlund, SC Thickett, S Perrier… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This review is an extensive update to the comprehensive review on controlled/living radical
polymerization (CLRP) in dispersed systems published in 2008. 1 A note on nomenclature …

Therapeutic polymersome nanoreactors with tumor-specific activable cascade reactions for cooperative cancer therapy

W Ke, J Li, F Mohammed, Y Wang, K Tou, X Liu… - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic nanoreactors are of increasing interest in precise cancer therapy, which have
been explored to in situ produce therapeutic compounds from inert prodrugs or intrinsic …

Functional DNA–polymer conjugates

CJ Whitfield, M Zhang, P Winterwerber, Y Wu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology has seen large developments over the last 30 years through the
combination of solid phase synthesis and the discovery of DNA nanostructures. Solid phase …

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials

E Busseron, Y Ruff, E Moulin, N Giuseppone - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we survey the diversity of structures and functions which are encountered in
advanced self-assembled nanomaterials. We highlight their flourishing implementations in …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer bioconjugates: Modern design concepts toward precision hybrid materials

C Chen, DYW Ng, T Weil - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The conjugation of synthetic polymers with various biomolecules provides an easy access to
biohybrid materials which combine advantages from both the synthetic world and Nature …

Supramolecular polymer chemistry: From structural control to functional assembly

B Qin, Z Yin, X Tang, S Zhang, Y Wu, JF Xu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interplay between polymer science and supramolecular chemistry leads to formation of
various supramolecular polymeric systems. Owing to the dynamic nature of noncovalent …

Sequence-controlled methacrylic multiblock copolymers via sulfur-free RAFT emulsion polymerization

NG Engelis, A Anastasaki, G Nurumbetov… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Translating the precise monomer sequence control achieved in nature over macromolecular
structure (for example, DNA) to whole synthetic systems has been limited due to the lack of …

Polymer prodrug-based nanoreactors activated by tumor acidity for orchestrated oxidation/chemotherapy

J Li, Y Li, Y Wang, W Ke, W Chen, W Wang, Z Ge - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic nanoreactors have been proposed to treat cancers through in situ
transformation of low-toxicity prodrugs into toxic therapeutics in the body. However, the in …

External regulation of controlled polymerizations

FA Leibfarth, KM Mattson, BP Fors… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer chemists, through advances in controlled polymerization techniques and reliable
post‐functionalization methods, now have the tools to create materials of almost infinite …