Ring opening polymerization of α-amino acids: advances in synthesis, architecture and applications of polypeptides and their hybrids

AR Mazo, S Allison-Logan, F Karimi… - Chemical society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polypeptides have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their inherent
biodegradability and tunable cytocompatibility. Macromolecular design in conjunction with …

Synthesis of side-chain modified polypeptides

TJ Deming - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Proteins have long fascinated scientists since their complex sequences and diversity of
chemical functionality can lead to structurally defined folded chains with highly specific …

Biodegradable stimuli-responsive polypeptide materials prepared by ring opening polymerization

Y Shen, X Fu, W Fu, Z Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The stimuli-responsive polypeptides have drawn extensive attention because of their
promising applications in biotechnology considering their biocompatibility, biodegradability …

Amino acid derived biopolymers: Recent advances and biomedical applications

SS Gupta, V Mishra, MD Mukherjee, P Saini… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, amino acids (AA) have emerged as promising biomaterials for the
synthesis of functional polymers. Owing to the diversity of functional groups in amino acids …

Amino acid-derived stimuli-responsive polymers and their applications

K Bauri, M Nandi, P De - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms possess an
inherent ability to respond to local environmental stimuli, which motivated researchers to …

Thermoresponsive polymers: from natural proteins to amino acid based Polymer synthesis

M Badreldin, P Salas-Ambrosio, E Garanger… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
In polymer science, thermoresponsiveness refers to macromolecular systems that display a
marked and discontinuous change in their physical properties with temperature. Such smart …

[PDF][PDF] Recent applications of polyethylene glycols (PEGs) and PEG derivatives

D Hutanu, MD Frishberg, L Guo, CC Darie - Mod. Chem. Appl, 2014 - jenkemusa.com
Numerous applications of polyethylene glycol derived polymers (PEGs) have been reported
in the scientific literature for many years. With increasing experience and comfort by …

Injectable hydrogels for cancer therapy over the last decade

G Cirillo, UG Spizzirri, M Curcio, FP Nicoletta, F Iemma - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
The interest in injectable hydrogels for cancer treatment has been significantly growing over
the last decade, due to the availability of a wide range of starting polymer structures with …

Synthesis and cell imaging applications of amphiphilic AIE-active poly (amino acid) s

J Tian, R Jiang, P Gao, D Xu, L Mao, G Zeng… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The poly (amino acid) s based biomaterials have attracted great research attention over the
past few decades because of their biocompatibility, biodegradability and well designability …

Functional modification of thioether groups in peptides, polypeptides, and proteins

TJ Deming - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Recent developments in the modification of methionine and other thioether-containing
residues in peptides, polypeptides, and proteins are reviewed. Properties and potential …