Fluoropolymer nanoparticles synthesized via reversible-deactivation radical polymerizations and their applications

Z Zhang, K Chen, B Ameduri, M Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated polymeric nanoparticles (FPNPs) combine unique properties of fluorocarbon
and polymeric nanoparticles, which has stimulated massive interest for decades. However …

Editing of polymer backbones

RAJ Ditzler, AJ King, SE Towell, M Ratushnyy… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Polymers are at the epicentre of modern technological progress and the associated
environmental pollution. Considerations of both polymer functionality and lifecycle are …

Single chain nanoparticles in catalysis

K Mundsinger, A Izuagbe, BT Tuten… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last six decades folded polymer chains—so‐called Single Chain Nanoparticles
(SCNPs)—have evolved from the mere concept of intramolecularly crosslinked polymer …

[HTML][HTML] Single-chain polymer nanoparticles in biomedical applications

NM Hamelmann, JMJ Paulusse - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-chain polymer nanoparticles (SCNPs) are a well-defined and uniquely sized class of
polymer nanoparticles. The advances in polymer science over the past decades have …

Metamorphosis of a Commodity Plastic like PVC to Efficient Catalytic Single‐Chain Nanoparticles

A Blazquez‐Martín, E Verde‐Sesto… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We perform the conversion of a commodity plastic of common use in pipes, window frames,
medical devices, flexible hoses, etc. like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to single‐chain …

Microspheres from light—a sustainable materials platform

L Delafresnaye, F Feist, JP Hooker… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Driven by the demand for highly specialized polymeric materials via milder, safer, and
sustainable processes, we herein introduce a powerful, purely light driven platform for …

Amphiphilic micro‐and nanogels: Combining properties from internal hydrogel networks, solid particles, and micellar aggregates

C Biglione, TMP Neumann‐Tran… - Journal of Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polymeric micro‐and nanogels are defined by their water‐swollen hydrophilic networks that
can often impart outstanding biocompatibility and high‐colloidal stability. Unfortunately, this …

Self-assembly of amphiphilic alternating copolymers by chain folding in water: from uniform composition and sequence to monodisperse micelles

H Kono, M Hibino, D Ida, M Ouchi, T Terashima - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly systems of amphiphilic copolymers in water have been developed to create
nano-objects with target structures, properties, and functions, whereas reducing the …

Recent advances in the self-assembly of sparsely grafted amphiphilic copolymers in aqueous solution

Y Sakamoto, T Nishimura - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers is acknowledged as a powerful tool for
the fabrication of nanoparticles with a wide variety of nanostructures in aqueous solutions. In …

Amphiphilic fluorinated unimer micelles as nanocarriers of fluorescent probes for bioimaging

A Delledonne, E Guazzelli, S Pescina… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The unique self-assembly properties of unimer micelles are exploited for the preparation of
fluorescent nanocarriers embedding hydrophobic fluorophores. Unimer micelles are …