Clouding phenomenon in amphiphilic systems: A review of five decades

AZ Naqvi - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase separation in amphiphilic systems is an important phenomenon. The temperature at
which an amphiphilic solution phase separates is known as Cloud Point (CP). This article …

Colloidal micelles of block copolymers as nanoreactors, templates for gold nanoparticles, and vehicles for biomedical applications

MS Bakshi - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2014 - Elsevier
Target drug delivery methodology is becoming increasingly important to overcome the
shortcomings of conventional drug delivery absorption method. It improves the action time …

Model dynamic covalent thermoresponsive amphiphilic polymer co-networks based on acylhydrazone end-linked Tetronic T904 star block copolymers

DE Apostolides, CS Patrickios, M Simon… - Polymer …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-healable, reversible, recyclable, stretchable, thermoresponsive and self-assembled
model amphiphilic polymer co-networks (APCNs) were prepared by end-linking Tetronic …

Unsupervised learning unravels the structure of four-arm and linear block copolymer micelles

RM Ziolek, P Smith, DL Pink, CA Dreiss… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding the nanoscale structure of polymeric micelles is challenging: their relatively
small size tests the limits of most experimental techniques, while the great conformational …

Salt induced micellar growth in aqueous solutions of a star block copolymer Tetronic® 1304: Investigating the role in solubilizing, release and cytotoxicity of model …

SA Pillai, U Sheth, A Bahadur, VK Aswal… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of a commercially available ethylene oxide-propylene oxide (EO-PO) star
block copolymer, Tetronic® 1304 (T1304), in water and aqueous salt solutions was …

Hot melt poly-ε-caprolactone/poloxamine implantable matrices for sustained delivery of ciprofloxacin

AM Puga, A Rey-Rico, B Magariños… - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that prevention and treatment of osteomyelitis could be achieved
through local drug delivery using implantable devices, which provide therapeutic levels at …

Phase behavior of reverse poloxamers and poloxamines in water

E Larrañeta, JR Isasi - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
The phase behavior of two types of poly (ethylene oxide)/poly (propylene oxide)(PEO/PPO)
copolymers in aqueous solutions was studied by light scattering, viscometry, and infrared …

pH and thermo-responsive tetronic micelles for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles: effect of physiochemical aspects of tetronics

V Singh, P Khullar, PN Dave, A Kaura… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Micelles of the star shaped block polymers “tetronics” were employed for the synthesis of
gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) under the effect of pH and temperature variation. The …

Understanding the pH-directed self-assembly of a four-arm block copolymer

RM Ziolek, J Omar, W Hu, L Porcar… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We investigated the pH-directed self-assembly of Tetronic 304 (T304), an amphiphilic four-
arm block copolymer of interest for application in drug delivery systems. While T304 and its …

PEO–PPO based star-block copolymer T904 as pH responsive nanocarriers for quercetin: Solubilization and release study

AV Parmar, A Bahadur, K Kuperkar, P Bahadur - European polymer journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Solubilization of quercetin (QN), a hypolipidemic drug in aqueous micellar solution of a star-
like octablock Tetronic® T904 covering different salt concentration, pH and temperature is …