Controlled radical polymerization in dispersed systems for biological applications

P Gurnani, S Perrier - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanoparticles show great promise in a range of biomedical applications,
improving pharmacokinetic properties, dose requirements and immune response in drug …

(Bio) degradable and biocompatible Nano-objects from polymerization-induced and crystallization-driven self-assembly

C Zhu, J Nicolas - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly
(CDSA) techniques have emerged as powerful approaches to produce a broad range of …

Probing the Effect of Rigidity on the Cellular Uptake of Core‐Shell Nanoparticles: Stiffness Effects are Size Dependent

P Gurnani, C Sanchez‐Cano, H Xandri‐Monje… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles are well established vectors for the delivery of a wide range of biomedically
relevant cargoes. Numerous studies have investigated the impact of size, shape, charge …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly for efficient fabrication of biomedical nanoplatforms

X Zhao, C Sun, F Xiong, T Wang, S Li, F Huo, X Yao - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Amphiphilic copolymers can self-assemble into nano-objects in aqueous solution. However,
the self-assembly process is usually performed in a diluted solution (< 1 wt%), which greatly …

In situ monitoring of PISA morphologies

JY Rho, GM Scheutz, S Häkkinen, JB Garrison… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a facile method to obtain block copolymer
aggregates with defined morphologies. However, the transitions between these …

A simple route to aqueous suspensions of degradable copolymer nanoparticles based on radical ring-opening polymerization-induced self-assembly (rROPISA)

C Zhu, S Denis, J Nicolas - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Degradable polymer nanoparticles are almost exclusively obtained by formulation of
preformed degradable polymers, such as aliphatic polyesters, thus resulting in very low …

Heparin mimicking sulfonated polyester synergistically promotes bacterial Infected-Wound healing with ROS responsive cinnamaldehyde based prodrugs

H Liu, P Shan, Y Lu, X Lian, F He, J Xiao, L Qiu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Excessive antibiotic usage has resulted in antibiotic resistance. This work introduces a novel
ROS-responsive, cinnamaldehyde (CA)-based sulfonated all-polyester prodrug (RCSAP) to …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly for the fabrication of polymeric nano-objects with enhanced structural stability by cross-linking

WJ Zhang, J Kadirkhanov, CH Wang, SG Ding… - Polymer …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been established as a robust strategy to
synthesize block copolymer nano-objects with various morphologies, sizes, and surface …

What dictates the spatial distribution of nanoparticles within calcite?

Y Ning, L Han, M Douverne, NJW Penfold… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Crystallization is widely used by synthetic chemists as a purification technique because it
usually involves the expulsion of impurities. In this context, the efficient occlusion of guest …

Self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers containing polysaccharide: PISA versus nanoprecipitation, and the temperature effect

D Ikkene, AA Arteni, M Ouldali, JL Six, K Ferji - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
For many decades, the self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers containing polysaccharide,
called glycopolymers, has been induced in water via nanoprecipitation, whereas the …