Carbohydrates in supramolecular chemistry

M Delbianco, P Bharate, S Varela-Aramburu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are involved in a variety of biological processes. The ability of sugars to form
a large number of hydrogen bonds has made them important components for …

Design principles, synthesis and biomedical applications of polymer vesicles with inhomogeneous membranes

D Liu, H Sun, Y Xiao, S Chen, EJ Cornel, Y Zhu… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inspired by cell membrane structures, synthetic polymer vesicles caused great expectations
for the preparation of biomedicine for decades. However, in contrast to bio-membranes …

Redox-responsive multicompartment vesicles of ferrocene-containing triblock terpolymer exhibiting on–off switchable pores

P Shi, Y Qu, C Liu, H Khan, P Sun, W Zhang - ACS Macro Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Multicompartment vesicles of ferrocene-containing triblock terpolymer containing on–off
switchable pores in the vesicular membrane are prepared by seeded RAFT polymerization …

Glycocalyx‐mimicking nanoparticles for stimulation and polarization of macrophages via specific interactions

L Su, W Zhang, X Wu, Y Zhang, X Chen, G Liu, G Chen… - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant tumors develop multiple mechanisms to impair and escape from antitumor
immune responses, of which tumor‐associated macrophages that often show …

Glycopolymer-based nanoparticles: synthesis and application

X Li, G Chen - Polymer Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic glycopolymers with pendent sugar moieties are able to interact with lectins as
multivalent ligands in a similar manner to natural glycoproteins. Nanoparticles (NPs), due to …

Multi-functionalized carbon nanotubes towards green fabrication of heterogeneous catalyst platforms with enhanced catalytic properties under NIR light irradiation

X Pan, R Liu, Z Yu, B Haas, Z Kochovski, S Cao… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been attractive hybrid systems due to their high
specific surface area and exceptional catalytic activity, but their challenging synthesis and …

Aromatic nitrogen mustard-based autofluorescent amphiphilic brush copolymer as pH-responsive drug delivery vehicle

B Saha, N Choudhury, S Seal, B Ruidas… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Delivery of clinically approved nonfluorescent drugs is facing challenges because it is
difficult to monitor the intracellular drug delivery without incorporating any integrated …

'Sweet as a Nut': Production and use of nanocapsules made of glycopolymer or polysaccharide shell

X Yan, L Chai, E Fleury, F Ganachaud… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanomaterials are deemed to unlock the potential of therapeutics and improve
their efficiency, to allow future advances in nanomedicine. Among these, sugar-based …

Exploring and controlling the polymorphism in supramolecular assemblies of carbohydrates and proteins

C Gao, G Chen - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In biology, polymorphism is a well-known phenomenon by which a discrete
biomacromolecule can adopt multiple specific conformations in response to its environment …

Deprotection-induced morphology transition and immunoactivation of glycovesicles: a strategy of smart delivery polymersomes

W Qi, Y Zhang, J Wang, G Tao, L Wu… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We proposed the deprotection-induced block copolymer self-assembly (DISA); that is, the
deprotection of hydroxyl groups resulted in in situ self-assembly of glycopolymers. In the …