Degradability and clearance of silicon, organosilica, silsesquioxane, silica mixed oxide, and mesoporous silica nanoparticles

JG Croissant, Y Fatieiev, NM Khashab - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The biorelated degradability and clearance of siliceous nanomaterials have been
questioned worldwide, since they are crucial prerequisites for the successful translation in …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: developing chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Smart chemistry-based nanosized drug delivery systems for systemic applications: a comprehensive review

T Ramasamy, HB Ruttala, B Gupta, BK Poudel… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the smart chemistry that has been utilized in developing polymer-
based drug delivery systems over the past 10 years. We provide a comprehensive overview …

Thiol–ene “click” reactions and recent applications in polymer and materials synthesis: a first update

AB Lowe - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This contribution serves as an update to a previous review (Polym. Chem. 2010, 1, 17–36)
and highlights recent applications of thiol–ene 'click'chemistry as an efficient tool for both …

Poly (trimethylene carbonate)-based polymers engineered for biodegradable functional biomaterials

K Fukushima - Biomaterials science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Aliphatic polycarbonates have drawn attention as biodegradable polymers that can be
applied to a broad range of resorbable medical devices. In particular, poly (trimethylene …

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 …

Synthesis of pH-responsive lignin-based nanocapsules for controlled release of hydrophobic molecules

N Chen, LA Dempere, Z Tong - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Lignin-based pH-responsive nanocapsules were successfully fabricated via an interfacial
miniemulsion polymerization. Lignin was first grafted with allyl groups through etherification …

Macromolecular architectures through organocatalysis

S Hu, J Zhao, G Zhang, H Schlaad - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

Thiol-ene polymerisation: A promising technique to obtain novel biomaterials

TO Machado, C Sayer, PHH Araujo - European Polymer Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Thiol-ene reactions have been utilised for surface functionalization, molecules conjugation,
crosslinking, grafting, and polymerisation of renewable monomers. The applications …

Smart chemistry in polymeric nanomedicine

R Tong, L Tang, L Ma, C Tu, R Baumgartner… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides an overview of smart chemistry developed and utilized in the last 5–10
years in polymer-based drug delivery nanomedicine. Smart chemistry not only facilitates the …