Mixed micelles self-assembled from block copolymers for drug delivery

ABE Attia, ZY Ong, JL Hedrick, PP Lee, PLR Ee… - Current Opinion in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mixed micelles self-assembled from two or more dissimilar block copolymers provide a
direct and convenient approach to improve physical stability and enhance drug loading …

Thermosensitive polymeric micelles for targeted drug delivery

M Talelli, WE Hennink - Nanomedicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Thermosensitive polymers are characterized by temperature-dependent aqueous solution
properties. Below their lower critical solution temperature they are in an expanded state and …

Supramolecular assemblies from amphiphilic homopolymers: testing the scope

EN Savariar, SV Aathimanikandan… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
It has been shown by us in a recent communication that homopolymers, in which each
repeat unit contains a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic head group, are capable of forming …

Reducible self-assembling cationic polypeptide-based micelles mediate co-delivery of doxorubicin and microRNA-34a for androgen-independent prostate cancer …

C Yao, J Liu, X Wu, Z Tai, Y Gao, Q Zhu, J Li… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
The co-delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs and microRNAs (miR) represents a promising
strategy for tumor therapy due to the synergistic effect achieved. In the present study …

The effect of kinetic stability on biodistribution and anti-tumor efficacy of drug-loaded biodegradable polymeric micelles

ABE Attia, C Yang, JPK Tan, S Gao, DF Williams… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of kinetic stability on biodistribution and
antitumor efficacy of drug-loaded biodegradable polymeric micelles. Four diblock …

Stabilized micelles as delivery vehicles for paclitaxel

K Yoncheva, P Calleja, M Agüeros, P Petrov… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Paclitaxel is an antineoplastic drug used against a variety of tumors, but its low aqueous
solubility and active removal caused by P-glycoprotein in the intestinal cells hinder its oral …

UV-initiated crosslinking of electrospun poly (ethylene oxide) nanofibers with pentaerythritol triacrylate: Effect of irradiation time and incorporated cellulose …

C Zhou, Q Wang, Q Wu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2012 - Elsevier
UV-initiated crosslinking of electrospun poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) nanofibers in the
presence of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) was performed with pentaerythritol triacrylate …

ABC triblock copolymer-stabilized gold nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Y Dai, Y Li, S Wang - Journal of Catalysis, 2015 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with particle size below 10 nm exhibit high catalytic activity for
the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP). However, AuNPs are …

Rheological analysis of core-stabilized Pluronic F127 by semi-interpenetrating network (sIPN) in aqueous solution

X Li, E Park, K Hyun, L Oktavia, M Kwak - Journal of Rheology, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer
(Pluronic F127) micelle system was stabilized using an ultraviolet-induced semi …

Synthesis and pH-dependent micellization of diblock copolymer mixtures

K Van Butsele, P Sibret, CA Fustin, JF Gohy… - Journal of colloid and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This work focused on the preparation and the aqueous solution properties of hybrid
polymeric micelles consisting of a hydrophobic poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) core and a mixed …