Targeted drug delivery with polymers and magnetic nanoparticles: covalent and noncovalent approaches, release control, and clinical studies

K Ulbrich, K Hola, V Subr, A Bakandritsos… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Targeted delivery combined with controlled drug release has a pivotal role in the future of
personalized medicine. This review covers the principles, advantages, and drawbacks of …

Activated ester containing polymers: opportunities and challenges for the design of functional macromolecules

A Das, P Theato - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Rapidly growing demand of functional polymers in various interdisciplinary areas of
research has accentuated the need for modern synthetic tools to develop advanced …

Bioapplications of RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, V Bulmus, TP Davis, V Ladmiral, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
A living radical polymerization (LRP) is a free radical polymerization that aims at displaying
living character,(ie, does not terminate or transfer and is able to continue polymerization …

Living radical polymerization by the RAFT process–a second update

G Moad, E Rizzardo, SH Thang - Australian journal of chemistry, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper provides a second update to the review of reversible deactivation radical
polymerization achieved with thiocarbonylthio compounds (ZC (= S) SR) by a mechanism of …

Complex polymer architectures via RAFT polymerization: From fundamental process to extending the scope using click chemistry and nature's building blocks

A Gregory, MH Stenzel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization has made a huge
impact in macromolecular design. The first block copolymers were described early on …

Overcoming the PEG-addiction: well-defined alternatives to PEG, from structure–property relationships to better defined therapeutics

M Barz, R Luxenhofer, R Zentel, MJ Vicent - Polymer Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic methods in polymer chemistry have evolved tremendously during the last decade.
Nowadays more and more attention is devoted to the application of those tools in the …

Telechelic polymers by living and controlled/living polymerization methods

MA Tasdelen, MU Kahveci, Y Yagci - Progress in Polymer Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Telechelic polymers, defined as macromolecules that contain two reactive end groups, are
used as cross-linkers, chain extenders, and important building blocks for various …

Building nanostructures using RAFT polymerization

C Boyer, MH Stenzel, TP Davis - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most
extensively studied controlled/living radical polymerization methods that has been used to …

HPMA copolymer-based nanomedicines in controlled drug delivery

P Chytil, L Kostka, T Etrych - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, numerous polymer materials have been employed as drug carrier systems in
medicinal research, and their detailed properties have been thoroughly evaluated. Water …

Micelles based on HPMA copolymers

M Talelli, CJF Rijcken, CF Van Nostrum, G Storm… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2010 - Elsevier
Polymeric micelles have been under extensive investigation during the past years as drug
delivery systems, particularly for anticancer drugs. They are formed by the self-assembly of …