Harnessing endogenous stimuli for responsive materials in theranostics

AB Cook, P Decuzzi - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Materials that respond to endogenous stimuli are being leveraged to enhance
spatiotemporal control in a range of biomedical applications from drug delivery to diagnostic …

Recent advances in the ring-opening polymerization of sulfur-containing monomers

VB Purohit, M Pięta, J Pietrasik, CM Plummer - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by the uniqueness of ring-opening polymerization and the ubiquity of sulfur-
containing heterocycles, much attention has been paid to the synthesis of sulfur-containing …

Nano‐star‐shaped polymers for drug delivery applications

DP Yang, MNNL Oo, GR Deen, Z Li… - Macromolecular rapid …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
With the advancement of polymer engineering, complex star‐shaped polymer architectures
can be synthesized with ease, bringing about a host of unique properties and applications …

Sulfur-based oxidation-responsive polymers. Chemistry,(chemically selective) responsiveness and biomedical applications

M Geven, R d'Arcy, ZY Turhan, F El-Mohtadi… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The introduction of low-oxidation-state sulfur atoms is a popular strategy to provide
macromolecules with responsivity to oxidizing conditions, which in turn may confer them …

Oxidation‐Responsive Materials: Biological Rationale, State of the Art, Multiple Responsiveness, and Open Issues

F El‐Mohtadi, R d'Arcy, N Tirelli - Macromolecular rapid …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, a general introduction to biological oxidants (focusing on reactive oxygen
species, ROS) and the biomedical rationale behind the development of materials capable of …

[HTML][HTML] Polysulfide nanoparticles inhibit fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition via extracellular ROS scavenging and have potential anti-fibrotic properties

A Siani, L Infante-Teixeira, R d'Arcy, IV Roberts… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is about the effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-and of their nanoparticle-
mediated extracellular removal-in the TGF-β1-induced differentiation of fibroblasts (human …

Macromolecular architectural effects on solution self-assembly of amphiphilic AB-type block copolymers

N Ozawa, T Nishimura - Polymer Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers with different architectures, such as block, graft, star, and cyclic polymers, have
been developed owing to recent advances in synthetic technology. Notably, minor changes …

Selective oxidation of polysulfide latexes to produce polysulfoxide and polysulfone in a waterborne environment

L Infante Teixeira, K Landfester… - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymers containing sulfur centers with high oxidation states in the main chain,
polysulfoxide and polysulfone, display desirable properties such as thermomechanical and …

Episulfide anionic ring-opening polymerization initiated by alcohols and primary amines in the presence of γ-thiolactones

S Le Luyer, P Guégan, N Illy - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Among the sulfur-containing polymers, polythioethers remain very attractive structures due
to their high sulfur atom content, making them interesting candidates for various industrial …

ROS-responsive chalcogen-containing polycarbonates for photodynamic therapy

L Yu, Y Yang, FS Du, ZC Li - Biomacromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive polymers have attracted attention for their
potential in photodynamic therapy. Herein, we report the ROS-responsive aliphatic …