Emerging trends in polymerization-induced self-assembly

NJW Penfold, J Yeow, C Boyer, SP Armes - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we summarize recent progress in polymerization-induced self-assembly
(PISA) for the rational synthesis of block copolymer nanoparticles with various …

Thermo-responsive polymers: Applications of smart materials in drug delivery and tissue engineering

M Sponchioni, UC Palmiero, D Moscatelli - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Synthetic polymers are attracting great attention in the last decades for their use in the
biomedical field as nanovectors for controlled drug delivery, hydrogels and scaffolds …

Design and applications of man-made biomimetic fibrillar hydrogels

E Prince, E Kumacheva - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Many extracellular matrices (ECMs) have a filamentous architecture, which influences cell
growth and phenotype and imparts tissues with specific properties. Man-made fibrillar …

Recent Advances in Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly (PISA) Syntheses in Non‐Polar Media

C György, SP Armes - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is well‐known that polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) is a powerful and highly
versatile technique for the rational synthesis of colloidal dispersions of diblock copolymer …

Principles and characteristics of polymerization-induced self-assembly with various polymerization techniques

EJ Cornel, J Jiang, S Chen, J Du - CCS Chemistry, 2021 - chinesechemsoc.org
A chemical reaction that drives a physical polymer self-assembly process, namely,
polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA), combines block copolymer synthesis and …

Electroactive smart polymers for biomedical applications

H Palza, PA Zapata, C Angulo-Pineda - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The flexibility in polymer properties has allowed the development of a broad range of
materials with electroactivity, such as intrinsically conductive conjugated polymers …

Advancing Synthetic Hydrogels through Nature‐Inspired Materials Chemistry

BG Soliman, AK Nguyen, JJ Gooding… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) mimics that can recapitulate the complex biochemical
and mechanical nature of native tissues are needed for advanced models of development …

Chirality-controlled polymerization-induced self-assembly

H Li, EJ Cornel, Z Fan, J Du - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent studies have shown that biodegradable nanoparticles can be efficiently prepared
with polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides-induced self-assembly (NCA-PISA). However …

Thermogelling of amphiphilic block copolymers in water: ABA type versus AB or BAB type

S Cui, L Yu, J Ding - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Some amphiphilic block copolymers exhibit sol–gel transition in water upon heating, which
affords a promising injectable thermogel in clinic and an interesting soft matter system. While …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly via RAFT-mediated emulsion polymerization of methacrylic monomers

X Dai, L Yu, Y Zhang, L Zhang, J Tan - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly via reversible addition–fragmentation transfer (RAFT)-
mediated emulsion polymerization has served as a versatile platform for scalable …