Dynamic and adaptive materials are powerful constructs in macromolecular and polymer
chemistry with a wide array of applications in drug delivery, bioactive systems, and self …

Research into macromolecular self-assembly has been progressively developing since the
1970s but with a little affect from the achievements of supramolecular chemistry. In recent …

Telechelic polymers, defined as macromolecules that contain two reactive end groups, are
used as cross-linkers, chain extenders, and important building blocks for various …

Conspectus All living organisms and soft matter are intrinsically responsive and adaptive to
external stimuli. Inspired by this fact, tremendous effort aiming to emulate subtle responsive …

In the past decade, responsive polymers exhibiting reversible or irreversible changes in
physical properties and/or chemical structures in response to external stimuli have been …

Polymeric supra-amphiphiles are amphiphiles that are fabricated by linking polymeric
segments, or small molecules and polymeric segments, by noncovalent interactions or …

The design of complex macromolecular architectures has driven macromolecular
engineering over the past decades. The introduction of supramolecular chemistry into …

Stimuli responsive polymers have been extensively studied as nanocarriers for drug delivery
systems (DDSs), especially those based on supramolecular interactions. Cyclodextrin (CD) …

Poly (N, N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)(PDMAEMA) with a β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) at the
chain end was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); poly (ε …

A significant amount of academic and industrial research efforts are devoted to the
encapsulation of active substances within micro-or nanocarriers. The ultimate goal of core …