Thermo-and pH-responsive polymers in drug delivery

D Schmaljohann - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive polymers show a sharp change in properties upon a small or modest
change in environmental condition, eg temperature, light, salt concentration or pH. This …

Michael addition reactions in macromolecular design for emerging technologies

BD Mather, K Viswanathan, KM Miller… - Progress in Polymer …, 2006 - Elsevier
The Michael addition reaction is a versatile synthetic methodology for the efficient coupling
of electron poor olefins with a vast array of nucleophiles. This review outlines the role of the …

Role of integrated cancer nanomedicine in overcoming drug resistance

AK Iyer, A Singh, S Ganta, MM Amiji - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Cancer remains a major killer of mankind. Failure of conventional chemotherapy has
resulted in recurrence and development of virulent multi drug resistant (MDR) phenotypes …

Advances in polymeric systems for tissue engineering and biomedical applications

R Ravichandran, S Sundarrajan… - Macromolecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The characteristics of tissue engineered scaffolds are major concerns in the quest to
fabricate ideal scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. The polymer scaffolds employed …

Synthetic ion channels and pores (2004–2005)

AL Sisson, MR Shah, S Bhosale, S Matile - Chemical Society Reviews, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review covers synthetic ion channels and pores created between January 2004
and December 2005 comprehensively. The discussion of a rich collection of structural motifs …

Strategies exploiting functions and self-assembly properties of bioconjugates for polymer and materials sciences

HG Börner - Progress in Polymer Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Controlling interactions in synthetic polymers as precisely as in proteins would have a strong
impact on polymer science. Advanced structural and functional control can lead to rational …

Acid-labile core cross-linked micelles for pH-triggered release of antitumor drugs

Y Chan, T Wong, F Byrne, M Kavallaris… - …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Micelles of a model amphiphilic block copolymer, poly (hydroxyethyl acrylate)-block-poly (n-
butyl acrylate)(PHEA-b-PBA), synthesized via the RAFT polymerization were cross-linked by …

Solid-phase supported polymer synthesis of sequence-defined, multifunctional poly (amidoamines)

L Hartmann, E Krause, M Antonietti… - …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A novel synthesis route toward multifunctional, sequence-defined polyamides is described.
A fully automated, solid-phase supported polymer synthesis was developed and utilized to …

Novel Fmoc-polyamino acids for solid-phase synthesis of defined polyamidoamines

D Schaffert, N Badgujar, E Wagner - Organic letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
A versatile solid-phase approach to sequence-defined polyamidoamines was developed.
Four different Fmoc-polyamino acid building blocks were synthesized by selective protection …

Poly (amidoamine) s: Past, present, and perspectives

P Ferruti - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (amidoamine) s (PAAs) are a family of synthetic polymers obtained by stepwise
polyaddition of prim‐or sec‐amines to bisacrylamides. Nearly all conceivable …