Nanomaterials for theranostics: recent advances and future challenges

EK Lim, T Kim, S Paik, S Haam, YM Huh… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an important report entitled
“Innovation/Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical …

Polymer vesicles: Mechanism, preparation, application, and responsive behavior

Y Zhu, B Yang, S Chen, J Du - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer vesicles, also known as polymersomes, are finding increasing applications in
biomedical field, including drug delivery, gene therapy, magnetic resonance imaging …

Controllable synthesis of dual-MOFs nanostructures for pH-responsive artemisinin delivery, magnetic resonance and optical dual-model imaging-guided chemo …

D Wang, J Zhou, R Chen, R Shi, G Zhao, G Xia, R Li… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Theranostic nanoagents which integrate diagnostic and therapeutic moieties into a single
platform have attracted broad attention in cancer therapy, however the development of more …

Biomedical applications of pH-responsive amphiphilic polymer nanoassemblies

SR Mane, A Sathyan… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In recent years, polymer nanoassemblies have played an important role in the
biopharmaceuticals field. Polymers that form different molecular architectures during a self …

Multifunctional homopolymer vesicles for facile immobilization of gold nanoparticles and effective water remediation

Y Zhu, L Fan, B Yang, J Du - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
Homopolymers have been considered as a nonideal building block for creating well-defined
nanostructures due to their fuzzy boundary between hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties …

Visualization of materials using the confocal laser scanning microscopy technique

X Teng, F Li, C Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of materials science always benefits from advanced characterizations.
Currently, imaging techniques are of great technological importance in both fundamental …

Self‐Assembly of Hydrophilic Homopolymers: A Matter of RAFT End Groups

J Du, H Willcock, JP Patterson, I Portman, RK O'Reilly - Small, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Unusual self‐assembly behavior is observed for a range of hydrophilic homopolymers. This
self‐assembly behavior is contrary to the expected behavior of such hydrophilic polymers …

High‐Performance Nonvolatile Transistor Memories of Pentacence Using the Green Electrets of Sugar‐based Block Copolymers and Their Supramolecules

YC Chiu, I Otsuka, S Halila, R Borsali… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Reported here are the nonvolatile electrical characteristics of pentacene‐based organic field‐
effect transistor (OFET) memory devices created from the green electrets of sugar‐based …

Advances in Polymeric micelles: responsive and targeting approaches for Cancer Immunotherapy in the Tumor Microenvironment

L Cheng, J Yu, T Hao, W Wang, M Wei, G Li - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, to treat a diverse array of cancer forms, considerable advancements have
been achieved in the field of cancer immunotherapies. However, these therapies encounter …

Homopolymer Self-Assembly: Principles, Driving Forces, and Applications

J Li, Y Fan, Q Gu, X Zhou, H Sun, J Du - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Homopolymer self-assembly has attracted much attention in polymer science and soft
nanomaterials due to the fuzzy boundary between hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties of …