Up in the air: oxygen tolerance in controlled/living radical polymerisation

J Yeow, R Chapman, AJ Gormley… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The requirement for deoxygenation in controlled/living radical polymerisation (CLRP) places
significant limitations on its widespread implementation by necessitating the use of large …

Fluorescent monomers as building blocks for dye labeled polymers: synthesis and application in energy conversion, biolabeling and sensors

AM Breul, MD Hager, US Schubert - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review focuses on side-chain functionalized polymers derived from direct (co)
polymerization of fluorescent dyes. This overview about polymerizable dyes includes 1, 8 …

Burgeoning polymer nano blends for improved controlled drug release: a review

S Maghsoudi, B Taghavi Shahraki… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
With continual rapid developments in the biomedical field and understanding of the
important mechanisms and pharmacokinetics of biological molecules, controlled drug …

Strategies for achieving oxygen tolerance in reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization

G Ng, SW Prescott, A Postma, G Moad… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) is a popular
method for the synthesis of well‐defined macromolecules, but its sensitivity to oxygen is a …

Three-dimensional homogeneous ferrite-carbon aerogel: one pot fabrication and enhanced electro-Fenton reactivity

Y Wang, G Zhao, S Chai, H Zhao… - ACS applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This work focuses on constructing a high catalytic activity cathode of an electro-Fenton
system, to overcome the defects of low activity, poor stability, and intricate fabrication of …

Chemical cross-linking methods for cell encapsulation in hydrogels

C Echalier, L Valot, J Martinez, A Mehdi… - Materials Today …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cell-encapsulating hydrogels are of tremendous interest in regenerative medicine. Tissue
engineering relies on biomaterials able to act as artificial extracellular matrices to guide cells …

Surface patterning of hydrogel biomaterials to probe and direct cell–matrix interactions

BG Munoz‐Robles, I Kopyeva… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their mechanical and structural similarity to native tissues, hydrogel biomaterials
have gained tremendous popularity for applications in 3D tissue culture, therapeutic …

Biomimetic electronic skin through hierarchical polymer structural design

M Zhang, S Gong, K Hakobyan, Z Gao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human skin comprises multiple hierarchical layers that perform various functions such as
protection, sensing, and structural support. Developing electronic skin (E‐skin) with similar …

Oxidoreductase‐initiated radical polymerizations to design hydrogels and micro/nanogels: mechanism, molding, and applications

X Wang, S Chen, D Wu, Q Wu, Q Wei, B He… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their 3D cross‐linked networks and tunable physicochemical properties, polymer
hydrogels with different sizes are applied widely in tissue engineering, drug‐delivery …

Recent advances in crosslinking chemistry of biomimetic poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogels

CC Lin - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The designs and applications of biomimetic hydrogels have become an important and
integral part of modern tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Many of these …