A click chemistry-based “grafting through” approach to the synthesis of a biorelevant polymer brush

A Cappelli, M Paolino, G Grisci, G Giuliani… - Polymer …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
A new biorelevant polymer brush showing a polybenzofulvene backbone was synthesized
by a “grafting through” approach based on click chemistry and spontaneous polymerization …

Physicochemical properties of a new pegylated polybenzofulvene brush for drug encapsulation

M Paolino, A Reale, V Razzano, G Giuliani, A Donati… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
A new polymer brush was synthesized by spontaneous polymerization of benzofulvene
macromonomer 6-MOEG-9-T-BF3k bearing a nona (ethylene glycol) side chain linked to the …

Functionalized molecular bottlebrushes

I Gadwal, J Rao, J Baettig, A Khan - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
A three-step synthetic strategy is established for the preparation of functionalized bottlebrush
copolymers. In this scheme, the highly efficient nature of thiol-epoxy coupling chemistry is …

One-pot syntheses of amphiphilic centipede-like brush copolymers via combination of ring-opening polymerization and “click” chemistry

YY Yuan, Q Du, YC Wang, J Wang - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic centipede-like brush copolymers with biodegradable poly (ε-caprolactone) and
poly (ethyl ethylene phosphate) side segments were prepared by a one-pot syntheses …

Synthetic semiflexible and bioactive brushes

D Voerman, M Schluck, J Weiden, B Joosten… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymer brushes are extensively used for the preparation of bioactive surfaces. They form a
platform to attach functional (bio) molecules and control the physicochemical properties of …

Click Chemistry for Biofunctional Polymers: From Observing to Steering Cell Behavior

K Ghosal, SK Bhattacharyya, V Mishra… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Click chemistry has become one of the most powerful construction tools in the field of
organic chemistry, materials science, and polymer science, as it offers hassle-free platforms …

Highly efficient synthesis of polymer brushes with PEO and PCL as side chains via click chemistry

P Zhao, Y Yan, X Feng, L Liu, C Wang, Y Chen - Polymer, 2012 - Elsevier
We reported that well-defined polymer brushes could be prepared efficiently via the grafting-
onto approach and the polymer brushes grafted with poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO), poly (ε …

A well-defined coil–comb polycationic brush with “star polymers” as side chains for gene delivery

M Zhang, Q Xiong, Y Wang, Z Zhang, W Shen… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel well-defined coil–comb polycationic brushes were synthesized via atom transfer
radical polymerization and used as gene carriers. The side chains of the comb block were …

Densely PEGylated polybenzofulvene brushes for potential applications in drug encapsulation

M Paolino, G Grisci, F Castriconi, A Reale, G Giuliani… - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The technique of grafting side chains onto a linear polymeric backbone is commonly used to
confer to the new polymeric material with desired properties, such as tunable solubility, ionic …

Novel amphiphilic polyfluorene-graft-(polymethacrylic acid) brushes: Synthesis, conformation, and self-assembly

M Simonova, D Ilgach, K Kaskevich… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Novel polyfluorene polymer brushes with polymethacrylic acid side chains were obtained by
atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and activator generated by electron transfer …