Mussel-inspired fabrication of functional materials and their environmental applications: progress and prospects

X Zhang, Q Huang, F Deng, H Huang, Q Wan… - Applied Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mussel-inspired chemistry has recently emerged as one of the most important and interest
surface modification method owing to its gentle experiment conditions, high modification …

Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam), a comprehensive review on a thermoresponsive polymer becoming popular

NA Cortez-Lemus, A Licea-Claverie - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (N-vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) is a temperature-responsive polymer, only
second to poly (N-isopropylacrylamide), the most popular temperature-responsive polymer …

Expanding the scope of RAFT polymerization: recent advances and new horizons

MR Hill, RN Carmean, BS Sumerlin - Macromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) has revolutionized modern polymer
chemistry over the past two decades, thus laying the groundwork for the synthesis of …

Selective photoactivation: from a single unit monomer insertion reaction to controlled polymer architectures

J Xu, S Shanmugam, C Fu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Here, we exploit the selectivity of photoactivation of thiocarbonylthio compounds to
implement two distinct organic and polymer synthetic methodologies:(1) a single unit …

A versatile platform for precise synthesis of asymmetric molecular brush in one shot

B Xu, C Feng, X Huang - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
Asymmetric molecular brushes emerge as a unique class of nanostructured polymers, while
their versatile synthesis keeps a challenge for chemists. Here we show the synthesis of well …

Poly (ethylene oxide)-based composite polymer electrolytes embedding with ionic bond modified nanoparticles for all-solid-state lithium-ion battery

J Hu, W Wang, B Zhou, Y Feng, X Xie, Z Xue - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flexible composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs) are fabricated by reversible addition-
fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of poly (ethylene glycol) methacrylate …

Design of smart targeted and responsive drug delivery systems with enhanced antibacterial properties

H Chen, Y Jin, J Wang, Y Wang, W Jiang, H Dai… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of antibiotics has been an epoch-making invention in the past few decades for the
treatment of infectious diseases. However, the intravenous injection of antibiotics lacking …

Poly(N‐vinylcaprolactam): A Thermoresponsive Macromolecule with Promising Future in Biomedical Field

J Liu, A Debuigne, C Detrembleur… - Advanced healthcare …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (N‐vinylcaprolactam)(PNVCL) is a thermoresponsive and biocompatible polymer that
raises an increasing interest in the biomedical area, especially in drug delivery systems …

Micellization of synthetic and polysaccharides-based graft copolymers in aqueous media

LI Atanase, J Desbrieres, G Riess - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
This review highlights recent advances in the micellization of synthetic graft copolymers and
those based on natural precursors, particularly polysaccharides. Synthesis and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in controlled radical polymerization of N-vinyl monomers

K Nakabayashi, H Mori - European Polymer Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
This review summarizes recent advances in the controlled radical polymerization of N-vinyl
monomers, such as N-vinylcarbazole, N-vinylindole derivatives, N-vinylpyrrolidone, N …