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 …

Formulation of docetaxel by folic acid-conjugated D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate 2000 (Vitamin E TPGS2k) micelles for targeted and synergistic …

Y Mi, Y Liu, SS Feng - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Although high efficacy has been showed, Paclitaxel and Docetaxel cause serious side
effects due to the adjuvant used in their clinical formulation Taxol® and Taxotere®. We …

Synthesis and characterization of polystyrene-b-poly (vinyldipicolinic acid) pH-responsive core-shell nanoparticles

AW Mouhamad, T Elzein, N Barroca-Aubry… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The self-assembly of a new series of amphiphilic polystyrene-b-poly (4-vinyldipicolinic acid)
PS-b-PVDPA diblock copolymers in aqueous solution is reported in order to obtain core …

New facet in viscometry of charged associating polymer systems in dilute solutions

A Gosteva, AS Gubarev, O Dommes, O Okatova… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The peculiarities of viscosity data treatment for two series of polymer systems exhibiting
associative properties: brush-like amphiphilic copolymers—charged alkylated N-methyl-N …

Amphiphilic diblock copolymers with a moderately hydrophobic block: Toward dynamic micelles

E Deniau-Lejeune, M Drechsler, J Jestin, AHE Müller… - Macromolecules, 2010 - hal.science
A study was conducted to propose a way of transforming a frozen system into a dynamic one
by acting on the chemical structure of the amphiphilic block copolymer. The approach …

Hypoxia-reinforced antitumor RNA interference mediated by micelleplexes with programmed disintegration

X Li, X Xu, K Huang, Y Wu, Z Lin, L Yin - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of polycation-mediated siRNA delivery is often hurdled by the multiple
systemic and cellular barriers that pose conflicting requirements for materials properties …

Structural characterization of amphiphilic homopolymer micelles using light scattering, SANS, and cryo-TEM

JP Patterson, EG Kelley, RP Murphy… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the aqueous solution self-assembly of a series of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(
PNIPAM) polymers end-functionalized with a hydrophobic sulfur–carbon–sulfur (SCS) …

Enzyme-induced kinetic control of peptide–polymer micelle morphology

DB Wright, A Ramírez-Hernández, MA Touve… - ACS Macro …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this paper, experiment and simulation were combined to provide a view of the molecular
rearrangements underlying the equilibrium and nonequilibrium transitions occurring in …

Monomer Composition as a Mechanism to Control the Self-Assembly of Diblock Oligomeric Peptide–Polymer Amphiphiles

BP Allen, SK Pinky, EE Beard, AA Gringeri… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Diblock oligomeric peptide–polymer amphiphiles (PPAs) are biohybrid materials that offer
versatile functionality by integrating the sequence-dependent properties of peptides with the …

Aggregation behavior of self-assembling polylactide/poly (ethylene glycol) micelles for sustained drug delivery

L Yang, X Qi, P Liu, A El Ghzaoui, S Li - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
A series of diblock copolymers were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of l-or d-
lactide in the presence of monomethoxy poly (ethylene glycol)(mPEG) with molar masses of …