Recent advances in synthesis, properties, and applications of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals/polymer nanocomposites

S Liang, M Zhang, GM Biesold, W Choi, Y He… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) have recently garnered tremendous research
interest due to their unique optoelectronic properties and promising applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Nanoescapology: progress toward understanding the endosomal escape of polymeric nanoparticles

LI Selby, CM Cortez‐Jugo, GK Such… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Using nanoparticles to deliver drugs to cells has the potential to revolutionize the treatment
of many diseases, including HIV, cancer, and diabetes. One of the major challenges facing …

Endocytosis at the nanoscale

I Canton, G Battaglia - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Endocytosis is a fundamental process in which eukaryotic cells internalise molecules and
macromolecules via deformation of the membrane and generation of membrane-bound …

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 …

Mechanistic insights for block copolymer morphologies: how do worms form vesicles?

A Blanazs, J Madsen, G Battaglia… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic diblock copolymers composed of two covalently linked, chemically distinct
chains can be considered to be biological mimics of cell membrane-forming lipid molecules …

Cellular uptake of nanoparticles as determined by particle properties, experimental conditions, and cell type

K Kettler, K Veltman, D van De Meent… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The increased application of nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing the risk of their release into
the environment. Although many toxicity studies have been conducted, the environmental …

Chemotactic synthetic vesicles: Design and applications in blood-brain barrier crossing

A Joseph, C Contini, D Cecchin, S Nyberg… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
In recent years, scientists have created artificial microscopic and nanoscopic self-propelling
particles, often referred to as nano-or microswimmers, capable of mimicking biological …

RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization yields poly (ethylene glycol)-based diblock copolymer nano-objects with predictable single phase morphologies

NJ Warren, OO Mykhaylyk, D Mahmood… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) macromolecular chain transfer agent (macro-CTA) is prepared
in high yield (> 95%) with 97% dithiobenzoate chain-end functionality in a three-step …

Compartmentalization approaches in soft matter science: from nanoreactor development to organelle mimics

L Schoonen, JCM Van Hest - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Compartmentalization is an essential feature found in living cells to ensure that biological
processes occur without being affected by undesired external influences. Over the years …