This review summarizes recent advances in the controlled radical polymerization of N-vinyl
monomers, such as N-vinylcarbazole, N-vinylindole derivatives, N-vinylpyrrolidone, N …

Access to well-defined polymers made of the so-called 'Less Activated Monomers'(LAMs) via
controlled radical polymerization has long been a challenge due to the lack of radical …

Curcumin is a potential drug for various diseases including cancer. Prime limitations
associated with curcumin are low water solubility, rapid hydrolytic degradation and poor …

Non-specific protein adsorption adversely affects the application of thermoresponsive
polymers in the biomedical field. To overcome this disadvantage, thermoresponsive N …

Motivated by the success and exhaustive research on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based drug
delivery, graphene, a two-dimensional; honey-comb crystal lattice has emerged as the rising …

Stimuli-responsive polymers have undoubtedly been of great interest in the past few
decades due to a variety of potential applications in biomedical territory. Herein, we report a …

Thermoresponsive polymers (TRPs) in different solvent media have been studied over a
long period and are important from both scientific and technical points of view. Despite …

This study evaluated graphene oxide functionalized covalently with poly N-vinyl caprolactam
(GO-PVCL) via in situ atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), as a nano-cargo carrier …

Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide that is considered to be biocompatible, biodegradable
and non-toxic. The polymer has been used in drug delivery applications for its positive …

A series of well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers consisting of a hydrophobic poly (tert-
butyl acrylate)(PtBA) backbone and hydrophilic poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) side …