Sulfonated hydrocarbon membranes for medium-temperature and low-humidity proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

CH Park, CH Lee, MD Guiver, YM Lee - Progress in Polymer Science, 2011 - Elsevier
This review summarizes efforts in developing sulfonated hydrocarbon proton exchange
membranes (PEMs) with excellent long-term electrochemical fuel cell performance in …

Poly (ethylene oxide)–poly (propylene oxide) block copolymer micelles as drug delivery agents: improved hydrosolubility, stability and bioavailability of drugs

DA Chiappetta, A Sosnik - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The low solubility in biological fluids displayed by about 50% of the drugs still remains the
main limitation in oral, parenteral, and transdermal administration. Among the existing …

Poloxamers, poloxamines and polymeric micelles: Definition, structure and therapeutic applications in cancer

M Almeida, M Magalhães, F Veiga… - Journal of Polymer …, 2018 - Springer
Research for new therapies to treat diseases like cancer, it is one of the focus of Health
Sciences. Nowadays, the available therapeutic strategies have in many cases limitations …

Thermoresponsive block copolymers of increasing architecture complexity: a review on structure–property relationships

AP Constantinou, L Wang, S Wang, TK Georgiou - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermogels are an exciting class of stimuli responsive materials with many promising
applications ranging from the medical field to additive manufacturing. This review focuses on …

Thermoplastic Elastomer-Enabled Smart Electrolyte for Thermoresponsive Self-Protection of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices.

Y Shi, H Ha, A Al-Sudani, CJ Ellison… - … Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Thermoresponsive smart electrolytes based on Pluronic solution are developed for active
control and thermal self-protection of electrochemical energy-storage devices. Mechanistic …

Effects of Hofmeister anions on the aggregation behavior of PEO–PPO–PEO triblock copolymers

BA Deyerle, Y Zhang - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
The effects of a series of Hofmeister anions on the phase behaviors of a poly (ethylene
oxide)-b-poly (propylene oxide)-b-poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO–PPO–PEO) triblock copolymer …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for cysteamine stabilization, quantification, and biological effects improvement

C Atallah, C Charcosset, H Greige-Gerges - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aminothiol cysteamine, derived from coenzyme A degradation in mammalian cells,
presents several biological applications. However, the bitter taste and sickening odor …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of curcumin and cosolvents on the micellization of Pluronic F127 in aqueous solution

RK Thapa, F Cazzador, KG Grønlien… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The drug solubilization capacity of poloxamers like Pluronic F127 (PF127, poloxamer 407) is
dependent on the physical form of the polymer; ie the distribution between unimers …

Techniques for increasing solubility: A review of conventional and new strategies

K Yadav, AK Sachan, S Kumar, A Dubey - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - ajprd.com
Whenever a drug's success depends on its ability to disperse evenly in the liquid phase,
solubility is a critical factor. Most active pharmacological compounds, on the other hand, are …

Targeting anticancer drugs with pluronic aggregates: Recent updates

S Tiwari, V Kansara, P Bahadur - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Pluronics are triblock (PEO ab-PPO bb-PEO a) copolymers, commercially available in a
range of amphiphilicity. Usually, pluronics self-assemble in aqueous solution to form core …