Smart soft materials comprising stimuli-responsive micelles represent an innovative imitation
of materials found in nature. These morphologically multicolored assemblies manifest …

Triblock copolymers (also known as Pluronics or poloxamers) are biocompatible molecules
composed of hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks with different lengths. They have received …

Pluronics (tri-block copolymers) have a significant role in the pharmaceutical industry and
are being used to enhance the solubility and delivery of hydrophobic drugs in different …

An interesting evolution of the re-entrant interaction has been observed in an anionic silica
nanoparticle (NP)-block copolymer (P85) dispersion due to mutually competing effects of …

Two hydrogen (H)-bond donors, phenol and l-threonine, were added into the aqueous
solutions containing crystalline micelles of a poly (ε-caprolactone)-b-poly (ethylene …

The insertion in nonionic polymer micelles (Pluronics F127) of seven essential oils and
some of the pure compounds that compose them was investigated by complementary …

Polymeric micelles, in particular PEO-PPO-based Pluronic, have emerged as promising
drug carriers, while cyclodextrins (CD), cyclic oligosaccharides with an apolar cavity, have …

The present study was aimed to examine the interaction of two bile salts viz. sodium cholate
(NaC) and sodium deoxycholate (NaDC) with three ethylene polyoxide-polypropylene …

Self-assembled wormlike micelles (WLMs) are widely studied in small-molecule surfactants
due to their unique ability to break and recombine; however, less is known about the …

The solubilising capacities of micelles of a linear-dendritic copolymer (BE-PAMAM), formed
by conjugating the poly (butylene oxide)(B)–poly (ethylene oxide)(E) block copolymer …