Fluorescent polymer nanoparticles based on dyes: seeking brighter tools for bioimaging

A Reisch, AS Klymchenko - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Speed, resolution and sensitivity of today's fluorescence bioimaging can be drastically
improved by fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) that are many‐fold brighter than organic dyes …

Functional biodegradable polymers via ring-opening polymerization of monomers without protective groups

G Becker, FR Wurm - Chemical society reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymers are of current interest and chemical functionality in such materials
is often demanded in advanced biomedical applications. Functional groups often are not …

Main-chain poly (phosphoester) s: History, syntheses, degradation, bio-and flame-retardant applications

KN Bauer, HT Tee, MM Velencoso, FR Wurm - Progress in Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nature on planet earth is dominated by poly (phosphoester) s (PPEs). They structure and
determine life in the form of deoxy-and ribonucleic acid (DNA & RNA), and, as …

Poly (phosphoester) s: A new platform for degradable polymers

T Steinbach, FR Wurm - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (phosphoester) s (PPEs) play an important role in nature. They structure and
determine life in the form of deoxy‐and ribonucleic acid (DNA and RNA), and, as …

[HTML][HTML] Main-chain water-soluble polyphosphoesters: Multi-functional polymers as degradable PEG-alternatives for biomedical applications

C Pelosi, MR Tinè, FR Wurm - European polymer journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyphosphoesters (PPEs) are a class of (bio) degradable polymers with high chemical
versatility and functionality. In particular, water-soluble PPEs with the phosphoester group in …

Improving Paclitaxel Delivery: In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of PEGylated Polyphosphoester-Based Nanocarriers

F Zhang, S Zhang, SF Pollack, R Li… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials have great potential to offer effective treatment against devastating diseases
by providing sustained release of high concentrations of therapeutic agents locally …

Biodegradable hydrophobic injectable polymers for drug delivery and regenerative medicine

Y Arun, R Ghosh, AJ Domb - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable, hydrophobic, and injectable liquid polymers are capable of achieving the
minimally invasive, sustained, and local release of drugs. These hydrophobic injectable …

Preparation and in Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Silver-Bearing Degradable Polymeric Nanoparticles of Polyphosphoester-block-Poly(l-lactide)

YH Lim, KM Tiemann, GS Heo, PO Wagers… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The development of well-defined polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) as delivery carriers for
antimicrobials targeting human infectious diseases requires rational design of the polymer …

Probing the relevance of 3D cancer models in nanomedicine research

DT Leong, KW Ng - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
For decades, 2D cell culture format on plastic has been the main workhorse in cancer
research. Though many important understandings of cancer cell biology were derived using …

Strategies for preparing fluorescently labelled polymer nanoparticles

MP Robin, RK O'Reilly - Polymer International, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is great interest in the use of fluorescent polymer nanoparticles as optical imaging
agents. When designing and synthesising a fluorescent polymer nanoparticle imaging agent …