The CuAAC: Principles, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, and novel developments and applications

S Neumann, M Biewend, S Rana… - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The copper‐catalyzed azide/alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) has emerged as the
most useful “click” chemistry. Polymer science has profited enormously from CuAAC by its …

Challenges and solutions in polymer drug delivery for bacterial biofilm treatment: a tissue-by-tissue account

K Kasza, P Gurnani, KR Hardie, M Camara… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
To tackle the emerging antibiotic resistance crisis, novel antimicrobial approaches are
urgently needed. Bacterial communities (biofilms) are a particular concern in this context …

Controlled radical polymerization in dispersed systems for biological applications

P Gurnani, S Perrier - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanoparticles show great promise in a range of biomedical applications,
improving pharmacokinetic properties, dose requirements and immune response in drug …

Probing the Effect of Rigidity on the Cellular Uptake of Core‐Shell Nanoparticles: Stiffness Effects are Size Dependent

P Gurnani, C Sanchez‐Cano, H Xandri‐Monje… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles are well established vectors for the delivery of a wide range of biomedically
relevant cargoes. Numerous studies have investigated the impact of size, shape, charge …

Bottom‐up versus top‐down strategies for morphology control in polymer‐based biomedical materials

AB Cook, TD Clemons - Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The size and shape of polymer materials is becoming an increasingly important property in
accessing new functions and applications of nano‐/microparticles in many scientific fields …

Low-Dispersity Polymers in Ab Initio Emulsion Polymerization: Improved MacroRAFT Agent Performance in Heterogeneous Media

RAE Richardson, TR Guimarães, M Khan… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate that the in-built monomer-feeding mechanism in an emulsion
polymerization can be used to dramatically increase control (providing low molar mass …

Photoactive rose bengal-based latex via RAFT emulsion polymerization-induced self-assembly

C Boussiron, M Le Bechec, J Sabalot, S Lacombe… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) with a photosensitizer-based comonomer by reversible
addition fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization produces a reactive stabilizer for …

Size effects of discoidal PLGA nanoconstructs in Pickering emulsion stabilization

AB Cook, M Schlich, PN Manghnani… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solid particle stabilized emulsions, using unique shape defined particles, are receiving
increasing research interest due to ease of formulation and interesting physiochemical …

Polymerizations in Aqueous Dispersed Media

CA Sanders, MF Cunningham - … Engineering: From Precise …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous polymerizations in aqueous media remain an active area of research with
an emphasis on control over polymer architecture and molecular weight. Previously …

Bilayer‐Templated Two‐Dimensional RAFT Polymerization for Directed Assembly of Polymer Nanostructures

SA Dergunov, E Pinkhassik - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐localization of monomers, crosslinkers, and chain‐transfer agents (CTA) within self‐
assembled bilayers in an aqueous suspension enabled the successful directed assembly of …