Visible-to-NIR-light activated release: from small molecules to nanomaterials

R Weinstain, T Slanina, D Kand, P Klan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Degradable controlled-release polymers and polymeric nanoparticles: mechanisms of controlling drug release

N Kamaly, B Yameen, J Wu, OC Farokhzad - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of biodegradable polymers represents a revolution in medicine spanning
over 50 years and leading to significant biotechnological advancements in drug delivery …

Remote light‐responsive nanocarriers for controlled drug delivery: advances and perspectives

W Zhao, Y Zhao, Q Wang, T Liu, J Sun, R Zhang - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering of smart photoactivated nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery systems (DDS)
has recently attracted considerable research interest as light enables precise and accurate …

Stimulus-cleavable chemistry in the field of controlled drug delivery

Y Xue, H Bai, B Peng, B Fang, J Baell, L Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Stimulus-cleavable nanoscale drug delivery systems are receiving significant attention
owing to their capability of achieving exquisite control over drug release via the exposure to …

Self‐immolative spacers: kinetic aspects, structure–property relationships, and applications

A Alouane, R Labruère, T Le Saux… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐immolative spacers are covalent assemblies tailored to correlate the cleavage of two
chemical bonds after activation of a protective part in a precursor: Upon stimulation, the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in self-immolative linkers and their applications in polymeric reporting systems

AG Gavriel, MR Sambrook, AT Russell, W Hayes - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Interest in self-immolative chemistry has grown over the past decade with more research
groups harnessing the versatility to control the release of a compound from a larger …

Triggering depolymerization: progress and opportunities for self-immolative polymers

RE Yardley, AR Kenaree, ER Gillies - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers that depolymerize end-to-end upon cleavage of their backbones or end-caps,
often termed “self-immolative” polymers (SIPs), have garnered significant interest in recent …

Dendritic, oligomeric, and polymeric self-immolative molecular amplification

ME Roth, O Green, S Gnaim, D Shabat - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of new chemical tools for the purpose of molecular amplification is
arguably one of the most central challenges in science. Such tools have traditionally been …

Self-immolative polymersomes for high-efficiency triggered release and programmed enzymatic reactions

G Liu, X Wang, J Hu, G Zhang, S Liu - Journal of the American …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-triggered disassembly of block copolymer vesicles or polymersomes has been
conventionally achieved via solubility switching of the bilayer-forming block, requiring …

Controlled depolymerization: stimuli-responsive self-immolative polymers

GI Peterson, MB Larsen, AJ Boydston - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Self-immolative polymers (SIPs) are unique macromolecules that are able to react to
multiple types of environmental influences by giving amplified response outputs. When …