RAFT polymerization to form stimuli-responsive polymers

G Moad - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimuli-responsive polymers adapt to their surrounding environment. These polymers are
capable of responding to a variety of external stimuli, which include optical, electrical …

Protein polymer-based nanoparticles: fabrication and medical applications

K DeFrates, T Markiewicz, P Gallo, A Rack… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles are particles that range in size from about 1–1000 nanometers in diameter,
about one thousand times smaller than the average cell in a human body. Their small size …

Catalytically active single-chain polymeric nanoparticles: exploring their functions in complex biological media

Y Liu, S Pujals, PJM Stals, T Paulöhrl… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Dynamic single-chain polymeric nanoparticles (SCPNs) are intriguing, bioinspired
architectures that result from the collapse or folding of an individual polymer chain into a …

Collagen nanoparticles in drug delivery systems and tissue engineering

A Arun, P Malrautu, A Laha, H Luo, S Ramakrishna - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The versatile natural polymer, collagen, has gained vast attention in biomedicine. Due to its
biocompatibility, biodegradability, weak antigenicity, biomimetics and well-known safety …

Characterizing single chain nanoparticles (SCNPs): a critical survey

E Blasco, BT Tuten, H Frisch, A Lederer… - Polymer …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We provide the results of a critical literature survey on the reported sizes of single chain
polymer nanoparticles (SCNPs), an emerging class of functional nanomaterials with sub-30 …

An in-depth analysis approach enabling precision single chain nanoparticle design

J Engelke, BT Tuten, R Schweins, H Komber… - Polymer …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of single chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) is a vibrant field in macromolecular
science, enabled by a rich variety of synthetic strategies to induce macromolecular chain …

Strengths and limitations of size exclusion chromatography for investigating single chain folding–current status and future perspectives

J Engelke, J Brandt, C Barner-Kowollik… - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic approaches for Single-Chain Nanoparticles (SCNPs) developed rapidly during the
last decade, opening a multitude of avenues for the design of functional macromolecular …

Scalable synthesis of single-chain nanoparticles under mild conditions

AM Hanlon, R Chen, KJ Rodriguez, C Willis… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present a scalable route to single-chain nanoparticles (SCNP) under mild conditions
using intramolecular atom transfer radical coupling (ATRC). Typical methods to SCNP, a …

En Route to Stabilized Compact Conformations of Single-Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles in Complex Media

S Wijker, L Deng, F Eisenreich, IK Voets… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Precise control over the folding pathways of polypeptides using a combination of
noncovalent and covalent interactions has evolved into a wide range of functional proteins …

Pentafluorophenyl-based single-chain polymer nanoparticles as a versatile platform towards protein mimicry

APP Kröger, JWD Paats, RJEA Boonen… - Polymer …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins are biopolymers folded into 3D-structures and are omnipresent in biological
systems, where they fulfil a wide array of complex functions. Mimicking the exceptional …