Nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP) is a controlled/living radical polymerization
(CLRP) technique that enables the design of well-defined, functional and complex …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been attracting much attention due to their excellent
antimicrobial efficiency and low rate in driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which has …

Modern synthetic methods have revolutionized polymer chemistry through the development
of new and powerful strategies for the controlled synthesis of complex polymer architectures …

Hydrogels were the first biomaterials developed for human use. The state-of-the-art and
potential for the future are discussed. Recently, new designs have produced mechanically …

Polypeptides derived from naturally occurring α-amino acids have emerged as a unique and
versatile family of bio-inspired biomaterials that can be tailor-made for varying biomedical …

The remarkable diversity of the self-assembly behavior of PEG–peptides is reviewed,
including self-assemblies formed by PEG–peptides with β-sheet and α-helical (coiled-coil) …

Synthesis of Well-Defined Polypeptide-Based Materials via the Ring-Opening
Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides | Chemical Reviews ACS ACS …

The progress in NCA polymerisation combined with advanced orthogonal functionalization
techniques as well as the integration with other controlled polymerisation techniques …

Polymeric vesicles, or polymersomes, are nano-to micrometre sized polymeric capsules with
a bilayered membrane. Applications of these vesicles are foreseen in nanomedicine, in vivo …

Polypeptides are fascinating materials with unique properties for various biological
materials. We highlight here recent advances in amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) …