Block copolymers: Synthesis, self-assembly, and applications

H Feng, X Lu, W Wang, NG Kang, JW Mays - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Research on block copolymers (BCPs) has played a critical role in the development of
polymer chemistry, with numerous pivotal contributions that have advanced our ability to …

Diverse applications of nanomedicine

B Pelaz, C Alexiou, RA Alvarez-Puebla, F Alves… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

Polymer vesicles

DE Discher, A Eisenberg - Science, 2002 - science.org
Vesicles are microscopic sacs that enclose a volume with a molecularly thin membrane. The
membranes are generally self-directed assemblies of amphiphilic molecules with a dual …

Self‐assembled block copolymer aggregates: from micelles to vesicles and their biological applications

A Blanazs, SP Armes, AJ Ryan - Macromolecular rapid …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of amphiphilic block copolymers to self‐assemble in selective solvents has been
widely studied in academia and utilized for various commercial products. The self …

Engineering intracellular delivery nanocarriers and nanoreactors from oxidation-responsive polymersomes via synchronized bilayer cross-linking and permeabilizing …

Z Deng, Y Qian, Y Yu, G Liu, J Hu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress are implicated in various physiological
and pathological processes, and this feature provides a vital biochemical basis for designing …

Vesicles and liposomes: a self‐assembly principle beyond lipids

M Antonietti, S Förster - Advanced materials, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This Progress Report describes the latest advances in vesicles and liposomes.
Recent work on the self‐assembly of complex polymer systems shows that the formation of …

Self-assembled nanoreactors

DM Vriezema, M Comellas Aragonès… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
In nature, chemical conversions take place in a confined environment and are closely
geared to each other such that the product of one reaction is the substrate or catalyst of the …

Polymersomes

DE Discher, F Ahmed - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Polymersomes are self-assembled polymer shells composed of block copolymer
amphiphiles. These synthetic amphiphiles have amphiphilicity similar to lipids, but they have …

[图书][B] Introduction to Fluorescence Sensing: Volume 2: Target Recognition and Imaging

AP Demchenko - 2023 - books.google.com
Fluorescence is the most popular technique in chemical and biological sensing because of
its ultimate sensitivity, high temporal and spatial resolution and versatility that enables …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer architecture and drug delivery

LY Qiu, YH Bae - Pharmaceutical research, 2006 - Springer
Polymers occupy a major portion of materials used for controlled release formulations and
drug-targeting systems because this class of materials presents seemingly endless diversity …