The in vivo fate of polymeric micelles

Y Cai, J Qi, Y Lu, H He, W Wu - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a systemic analysis of the in vivo, as well as subcellular, fate of
polymeric micelles (PMs), starting from the entry of PMs into the body. Few PMs are able to …

Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications

MM Islam, Z Hu, Q Wang, C Redshaw… - Materials Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
“Unity is force”–Aesop. It is a common phenomenon that traditional chromophores exhibit
high fluorescence in dilute solutions, yet luminescence is quenched at high concentrations …

Enhanced optical asymmetry in supramolecular chiroplasmonic assemblies with long-range order

J Lu, Y Xue, K Bernardino, NN Zhang, WR Gomes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Chiral assemblies of plasmonic nanoparticles are known for strong circular dichroism but not
for high optical asymmetry, which is limited by the unfavorable combination of electrical and …

Treatment of peanut allergy and colitis in mice via the intestinal release of butyrate from polymeric micelles

R Wang, S Cao, MEH Bashir, LA Hesser, Y Su… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
The microbiome modulates host immunity and aids the maintenance of tolerance in the gut,
where microbial and food-derived antigens are abundant. Yet modern dietary factors and …

Comprehensive review on the role of surfactants in the chemical enhanced oil recovery process

S Chowdhury, S Shrivastava, A Kakati… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

Ionic-surfactant-mediated electro-dewetting for digital microfluidics

J Li, NS Ha, TL Liu, RM van Dam, CJ 'CJ'Kim - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The ability to manipulate droplets on a substrate using electric signals—known as digital
microfluidics—is used in optical,, biomedical,, thermal and electronic applications and has …

H‐dimeric nanospheres of amphipathic squaraine dye with an 81.2% photothermal conversion efficiency for photothermal therapy

Y Wang, G Xia, M Tan, M Wang, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and implementing the ordered supramolecular assembly in organic
photothermal materials is challenging, yet significant, for photothermal performance …

Micro and nano-scale compartments guide the structural transition of silk protein monomers into silk fibers

D Eliaz, S Paul, D Benyamin, A Cernescu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Silk is a unique, remarkably strong biomaterial made of simple protein building blocks. To
date, no synthetic method has come close to reproducing the properties of natural silk, due …

Surfactant self-assembling and critical micelle concentration: one approach fits all?

DR Perinelli, M Cespi, N Lorusso, GF Palmieri… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Critical micelle concentration (CMC) is the main chemical–physical parameter to be
determined for pure surfactants for their characterization in terms of surface activity and self …

Self-targeting, zwitterionic micellar dispersants enhance antibiotic killing of infectious biofilms—An intravital imaging study in mice

S Tian, L Su, Y Liu, J Cao, G Yang, Y Ren, F Huang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) hold infectious biofilms together and limit
antimicrobial penetration and clinical infection control. Here, we present zwitterionic micelles …