The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several
debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more …

Stimuli‐responsive materials in general and pH‐responsive polymers in particular have
gained increasing interest during the last two decades. Their unique properties, which arise …

One of the most important classes of synthetic systems for creating self-assembled
nanostructures is amphiphilic block copolymers. By controlling the architecture of individual …

Multimolecular assemblies of block copolymers have received considerable attention from
both fundamental and applied standpoints. These assemblies are formed in selective …

The introduction of atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques has revolutionised our ability
to characterise colloidal objects. AFM allows the visualisation of samples with sub …

Nanomaterials self-assembled from amphiphilic functional copolymers have emerged as
safe and efficient nanocarriers for delivery of therapeutics. Surface engineering of the …

The design of efficient gene delivery vectors is a challenging task in gene therapy. Recent
progress in living/controlled radical polymerizations (LRPs), in particular atom transfer …

Protein adsorption and cell adhesion on cationic, neutral, and anionic water-soluble 2-
methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) copolymer surfaces were compared. These …

The synthesis of doubly thermoresponsive PPO− PMPC− PNIPAM triblock copolymer
gelators by atom transfer radical polymerization using a PPO-based macroinitiator is …

Polyethylene glycol or phosphorylcholine is often introduced into polycationic non-viral
vectors to inhibit the non-specific protein adsorption. However the ability of vectors to …