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 …

Synthetic biodegradable functional polymers for tissue engineering: a brief review

BL Guo, PX Ma - Science China Chemistry, 2014 - Springer
Scaffolds play a crucial role in tissue engineering. Biodegradable polymers with great
processing flexibility are the predominant scaffolding materials. Synthetic biodegradable …

Stimuli-responsive polymersomes for biomedical applications

X Hu, Y Zhang, Z Xie, X Jing, A Bellotti, Z Gu - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymersomes, the structural analogues of liposomes, are hollow structures enclosed by a
bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic copolymers. Polymersomes have been proposed …

Engineering functional polymer capsules toward smart nanoreactors

J Gaitzsch, X Huang, B Voit - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The design and construction of integrated chemical ensembles for studying complex
biological systems is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research …

Systems for stimuli-controlled release: Materials and applications

M Bruneau, S Bennici, J Brendle, P Dutournie… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The design and development of delivery controlled systems of molecules of interest has
attracted great interest over the last years. pH variation, light irradiation, temperature …

Novel aspects of encapsulation and delivery using polymersomes

L Messager, J Gaitzsch, L Chierico… - Current opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Polymersomes are a novel vesicular system based on amphiphilic
copolymers.•There are several methods to prepare polymersomes and to encapsulate …

Light-induced release of molecules from polymers

P Xiao, J Zhang, J Zhao, MH Stenzel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The release of molecules from polymers upon light stimulus has been investigated for a
range of applications in particular for drug delivery. In this review, the concept of light …

A novel photoresponsive azobenzene-containing miktoarm star polymer: Self-assembly and photoresponse properties

E Blasco, BVKJ Schmidt, C Barner-Kowollik… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis and characterization of a novel azobenzene-containing miktoarm
star polymer AB3 (M n= 9700 g mol–1, Đ M= 1.10) as well as its self-assembly properties in …

Light responsive vesicles based on linear–dendritic block copolymers using azobenzene–aliphatic codendrons

E Blasco, JL Serrano, M Piñol, L Oriol - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report on the synthesis and characterization of a series of amphiphilic linear–dendritic
block copolymers (LDBCs) as well as their self-assembly in water. The LDBCs are …

Beyond liquid crystals: new research trends for mesogenic molecules in liquids

M Castillo-Vallés, A Martínez-Bueno… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
With a view to understand the supramolecular assemblies that bring together certain
molecules to form innovative functional materials with high-potential applications, the …