Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization: a versatile tool for materials synthesis

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, G Nurumbetov… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
During the past decade we have witnessed the rapid development and understanding of
living radical polymerization (LRP)(or reversible deactivation radical polymerizations …

Stimuli-responsive polymersomes and nanoreactors

H Che, JCM van Hest - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Macromolecular self-assembly is attracting increasing scientific interest in polymer science.
One of the most studied assemblies are stimuli-responsive polymersomes that can convert …

Stimuli-responsive nanomaterials for biomedical applications

AP Blum, JK Kammeyer, AM Rush… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nature employs a variety of tactics to precisely time and execute the processes and
mechanics of life, relying on sequential sense and response cascades to transduce …

[HTML][HTML] Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process–a third update

G Moad, E Rizzardo, SH Thang - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper provides a third update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a …

Aqueous Copper-Mediated Living Polymerization: Exploiting Rapid Disproportionation of CuBr with Me6TREN

Q Zhang, P Wilson, Z Li, R McHale… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A new approach to perform single-electron transfer living radical polymerization (SET-LRP)
in water is described. The key step in this process is to allow full disproportionation of …

Progressive Macromolecular Self‐Assembly: From Biomimetic Chemistry to Bio‐Inspired Materials

Y Zhao, F Sakai, L Su, Y Liu, K Wei, G Chen… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Macromolecular self‐assembly (MSA) has been an active and fruitful research field since the
1980s, especially in this new century, which is promoted by the remarkable developments in …

Using dynamic covalent chemistry to drive morphological transitions: controlled release of encapsulated nanoparticles from block copolymer vesicles

R Deng, MJ Derry, CJ Mable, Y Ning… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dynamic covalent chemistry is exploited to drive morphological order–order transitions to
achieve the controlled release of a model payload (eg, silica nanoparticles) encapsulated …

CO2-Stimulated Diversiform Deformations of Polymer Assemblies

Q Yan, Y Zhao - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 - ACS Publications
Use of a given physiological stimulus to delicately deform polymer assemblies is a
challenging topic. Here we develop synthetic block copolymers to construct a series of CO2 …

Stimulus‐Responsive Nanoparticles and Associated (Reversible) Polymorphism via Polymerization Induced Self‐assembly (PISA)

Y Pei, AB Lowe, PJ Roth - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) is an extremely versatile method for the in situ
preparation of soft‐matter nanoparticles of defined size and morphologies at high …

Thermoresponsive polymer assemblies: from molecular design to theranostics application

SL Qiao, M Mamuti, HW An, H Wang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecule self-assembly is a ubiquitous phenomenon and a key driving force for constructing
nanostructures with diverse morphology and controllable size. Recently, interests in …