[HTML][HTML] Polymeric micelles in drug delivery: An insight of the techniques for their characterization and assessment in biorelevant conditions

M Ghezzi, S Pescina, C Padula, P Santi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polymeric micelles, ie aggregation colloids formed in solution by self-assembling of
amphiphilic polymers, represent an innovative tool to overcome several issues related to …

Progress in polymeric micelles for drug delivery applications

S Kotta, HM Aldawsari, SM Badr-Eldin, AB Nair, K Yt - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymeric micelles (PMs) have made significant progress in drug delivery applications. A
robust core–shell structure, kinetic stability and the inherent ability to solubilize hydrophobic …

Compact hole‐selective self‐assembled monolayers enabled by disassembling micelles in solution for efficient perovskite solar cells

M Liu, L Bi, W Jiang, Z Zeng, SW Tsang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) are widely employed as effective hole‐selective layers
(HSLs) in inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, most SAM molecules are …

Strategies to improve micelle stability for drug delivery

Y Lu, E Zhang, J Yang, Z Cao - Nano research, 2018 - Springer
Micelles have been studied as drug delivery carriers for decades. Their use can potentially
result in high drug accumulation at the target site through the enhanced permeability and …

Polymeric micelles effectively reprogram the tumor microenvironment to potentiate nano-immunotherapy in mouse breast cancer models

M Panagi, F Mpekris, P Chen, C Voutouri… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nano-immunotherapy improves breast cancer outcomes but not all patients respond and
none are cured. To improve efficacy, research focuses on drugs that reprogram cancer …

Polymeric micelles for breast cancer therapy: recent updates, clinical translation and regulatory considerations

V Junnuthula, P Kolimi, D Nyavanandi, S Sampathi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the growing burden of cancer, parallel advancements in anticancer nanotechnological
solutions have been witnessed. Among the different types of cancers, breast cancer …

Polymeric mixed micelles as nanomedicines: Achievements and perspectives

M Cagel, FC Tesan, E Bernabeu, MJ Salgueiro… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
During the past few decades, polymeric micelles have raised special attention as novel
nano-sized drug delivery systems for optimizing the treatment and diagnosis of numerous …

Surfactant self-assembling and critical micelle concentration: one approach fits all?

DR Perinelli, M Cespi, N Lorusso, GF Palmieri… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Critical micelle concentration (CMC) is the main chemical–physical parameter to be
determined for pure surfactants for their characterization in terms of surface activity and self …

Micelles with ultralow critical micelle concentration as carriers for drug delivery

Y Lu, Z Yue, J Xie, W Wang, H Zhu, E Zhang… - Nature biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
Conventional micellar carriers disassemble into free surfactants when diluted at
concentrations below the critical micelle concentration (CMC). This limits the bioavailability …

Fluorescence emission of pyrene in surfactant solutions

L Piñeiro, M Novo, W Al-Soufi - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2015 - Elsevier
The systematic description of the complex photophysical behaviour of pyrene in surfactant
solutions in combination with a quantitative model for the surfactant concentrations …