Photocontrolled RAFT polymerization: past, present, and future

Y Lee, C Boyer, MS Kwon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide a brief history, progress, and applications, and discuss the
remaining challenges of photocontrolled reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer …

Carbohydrate-based macromolecular biomaterials

L Su, Y Feng, K Wei, X Xu, R Liu, G Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrates are the most abundant and one of the most important biomacromolecules in
Nature. Except for energy-related compounds, carbohydrates can be roughly divided into …

RAFT‐mediated polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

F d'Agosto, J Rieger, M Lansalot - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
After a brief history that positions polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) in the field of
polymer chemistry, this Review will cover the fundamentals of the PISA mechanism …

Chitosan-based nanomaterials for drug delivery

J Li, C Cai, J Li, J Li, J Li, T Sun, L Wang, H Wu, G Yu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
This review discusses different forms of nanomaterials generated from chitosan and its
derivatives for controlled drug delivery. Nanomaterials are drug carriers with multiple …

RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly (RAFT-PISA): current status and future directions

J Wan, B Fan, SH Thang - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and self-assembly in
a single step with distinct efficiency that has set it apart from the conventional solution self …

Synthesis of block copolymers used in polymersome fabrication: Application in drug delivery

M Hasannia, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphiphilic block copolymers are common materials used for the fabrication of various
nanostructures with biomedical applications including nanocapsules, nanospheres, micelles …

Hydrophobically modified polysaccharides and their self-assembled systems: A review on structures and food applications

Z Wu, H Li, X Zhao, F Ye, G Zhao - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
By reviewing the published literatures, especially from 2016 to 2021, preparative
approaches of hydrophobically modified polysaccharides (HMP), mechanisms underlying …

Progress in aqueous dispersion RAFT PISA

D Ikkene, JL Six, K Ferji - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is an emerging platform technology offering
many advantages to produce polymeric nano-objects compared to the solvent switch …

(Bio) degradable and biocompatible Nano-objects from polymerization-induced and crystallization-driven self-assembly

C Zhu, J Nicolas - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly
(CDSA) techniques have emerged as powerful approaches to produce a broad range of …

Degradable Block Copolymer Nanoparticles Synthesized by Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly

S Zhang, R Li, Z An - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and in situ self‐
assembly of block copolymers in one system and has become a widely used method to …