Synthetic polypeptides from the ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides
(NCAs) are one of the most important biomaterials. The unique features of these synthetic …

Stimuli-responsive polymers are an important class of advanced materials that have lots of
applications in biochemistry, biomedicine, optical memory, and cell labeling. The physical …

In polymer science, thermoresponsiveness refers to macromolecular systems that display a
marked and discontinuous change in their physical properties with temperature. Such smart …

Stimuli‐responsive polymers have received tremendous attention from scientists and
engineers for several decades due to the wide applications of these smart materials in …

Nanomaterials have great potential to offer effective treatment against devastating diseases
by providing sustained release of high concentrations of therapeutic agents locally …

In this article, we highlight some recent developments in “smart” physical hydrogels
achieved by self-assembling of block type macromolecules. More precisely we focus on two …

The synthesis of smart stimuli-responsive polymeric materials for nanomedicine applications
has attracted the interest of a large number of scientists that focuses on the effective …

Polypeptide hydrogels, having the ability to mimic certain properties of natural, native
extracellular matrix components, are being actively designed and described for various …

Stimuli-responsive synthetic polypeptide-containing block copolymers have received
considerable attention in recent years. Especially, unique thermo-induced sol–gel phase …

A series of well-designed highly branched PEG–catechol based thermo-responsive
copolymers were synthesized via a one-pot RAFT polymerization. A varying degree of …