Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for tissue engineering

W Sun, DA Gregory, MA Tomeh, X Zhao - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) is the approach to combine cells with scaffold materials and
appropriate growth factors to regenerate or replace damaged or degenerated tissue or …

Emerging trends in polymerization-induced self-assembly

NJW Penfold, J Yeow, C Boyer, SP Armes - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we summarize recent progress in polymerization-induced self-assembly
(PISA) for the rational synthesis of block copolymer nanoparticles with various …

Stimuli-responsive polymers and their applications

M Wei, Y Gao, X Li, MJ Serpe - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Responsive polymer-based materials are capable of altering their chemical and/or physical
properties upon exposure to external stimuli. These materials have been intensively studied …

pH-Responsive polymers

G Kocak, C Tuncer, V Bütün - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide an analysis of some of the recent literature reports on the
synthesis and applications of pH-responsive polymers. Depending on the solution pH, such …

Polymers exhibiting lower critical solution temperatures as a route to thermoreversible gelators for healthcare

MT Cook, P Haddow, SB Kirton… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to trigger changes to material properties with external stimuli, so‐called “smart”
behavior, has enabled novel technologies for a wide range of healthcare applications …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT non-aqueous dispersion polymerization

MJ Derry, LA Fielding, SP Armes - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
There is considerable current interest in polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) via
reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization as a versatile and …

Thermoresponsive polymers for biomedical applications

MA Ward, TK Georgiou - Polymers, 2011 - mdpi.com
Thermoresponsive polymers are a class of “smart” materials that have the ability to respond
to a change in temperature; a property that makes them useful materials in a wide range of …

Polymeric surfactants: synthesis, properties, and links to applications

P Raffa, DAZ Wever, F Picchioni… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that surfactants are molecules able to modify the surface properties of the
liquid in which they are introduced (usually water). The simultaneous presence of both …

Multi-stimuli responsive polymers–the all-in-one talents

P Schattling, FD Jochum, P Theato - Polymer Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers have gained increasing attention, which is attributed to the
manifold applications they can be used for. Several years' intensive research was invested …

The light-controlling of temperature-responsivity in stimuli-responsive polymers

A Abdollahi, H Roghani-Mamaqani, B Razavi… - Polymer …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers are an important class of advanced materials that have lots of
applications in biochemistry, biomedicine, optical memory, and cell labeling. The physical …