Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

Materials which respond to biological cues are the subject of intense research interest due
to their possible application in smart drug delivery vehicles. In particular, novel polymers …

Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), as a subclass of dendrimers, have attracted the interest of
polymer technologists and scientists around the world. These structures have special …

Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), an important subclass of dendritic macromolecules, are
highly branched, three-dimensional globular nanopolymeric architectures. Attractive …

Hydrogels are of growing interest for the delivery of therapeutics to specific sites in the body.
For use as a delivery vehicle, hydrophilic precursors are usually laden with bioactive …

Small aldehyde molecule are demonstrated to induce cationic diphenylalanine to assemble
into monodisperse enzyme‐responsive nanocarriers with high biocompatibility and …

Thiolated polymers designated “thiomers” are obtained by covalent attachment of thiol
functionalities on the polymeric backbone of polymers. In 1998 these polymers were first …

Unimolecular micelles have attracted increasing attention due to their high functionality,
encapsulation and site specific confinement capabilities in various applications. Compared …

The precise design of polymers with well-defined end functionality has received great
interest for synthesizing polymeric materials with advanced or distinctive properties. In the …

RAFT-mediated self-condensing vinyl polymerization is a promising synthetic tool to create
well-defined hyperbranched polymers. The functional group tolerance of RAFT, as well as …