Polymers from macrolactones: From pheromones to functional materials

JA Wilson, Z Ates, RL Pflughaupt, AP Dove… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent advances in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of macrolactones (MLs) have
afforded access to novel, potentially degradable polymeric materials featuring long aliphatic …

Recent progress in functional micellar carriers with intrinsic therapeutic activities for anticancer drug delivery

Y Qu, BY Chu, K Shi, JR Peng… - Journal of biomedical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Polymeric micelles have presented superior delivery properties for poorly water-soluble
chemotherapeutic agents. However, it remains discouraging that there may be some …

Facile preparation of pH-responsive PEGylated prodrugs for activated intracellular drug delivery

Y Song, D Li, J He, M Zhang, P Ni - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
PEGylated prodrug, covalent attaching polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer chains to
therapeutic drugs, is one of the most promising techniques to improve the water-solubility …

Synthesis of poly (ethylene brassylate-co-squaric acid) as potential essential oil carrier

AP Chiriac, AG Rusu, LE Nita, AM Macsim… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bio-based compounds are a leading direction in the context of the increased demand for
these materials due to the numerous advantages associated with their use over …

Efficient and well-controlled ring opening polymerization of biobased ethylene brassylate by α-diimine FeCl 3 catalysts via a coordination–insertion mechanism

L Liu, C Zhang, X Zhang, H Liu, F Wang - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A highly efficient late-transition metal based catalytic system of α-diimine FeCl3 for well-
controlled ring opening polymerization of a cheap and biobased macrolactone, ethylene …

Recent advances of transformable nanoparticles for theranostics

K Zhang, PP Yang, JP Zhang, L Wang, H Wang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, various transformable nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully prepared and
widely utilized for biomedical applications. The sizes, surface charges or morphologies of …

Effect of molecular weight on the physical properties of poly (ethylene brassylate) homopolymers

J Fernández, H Amestoy, H Sardon, M Aguirre… - journal of the …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (ethylene brassylate)(PEB) is a biodegradable polyester that nowadays is of
particular interest owing to its poly (ε-caprolactone)-like properties (with a T g at− 30° C and …

Fabrication and evaluation of multiwalled carbon nanotube-containing bijels and bijels-derived porous nanocomposites

J Li, M Wang - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Structures having continuous porous networks are of great interest for applications in areas
such as separation, energy storage, and tissue engineering. Bicontinuous interfacially …

Phase inversion-based technique for fabricating bijels and bijels-derived structures with tunable microstructures

J Li, H Sun, M Wang - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels (“bijels”) are a new class of soft matter
containing two interpenetrating continuous phases. They have great potential for …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study on the properties of a bio-based copolymacrolactone system

AP Chiriac, M Asandulesa, I Stoica, N Tudorachi… - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
The evaluation of the properties and characteristics of macromolecular compounds is
essential, especially from the point of view of the potential uses of the studied compounds. In …