Polymeric nanostructures for imaging and therapy

M Elsabahy, GS Heo, SM Lim, G Sun… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Medical diagnosis and therapy are essential for providing patients with proper care,
although inefficient diagnosis and therapy are usually associated with either improper …

Polymer micro‐and nanocapsules as biological carriers with multifunctional properties

A Musyanovych, K Landfester - Macromolecular bioscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The design and development of multifunctional polymer capsules with controlled chemical
composition and physical properties has been the focus of academic and industrial research …

Biodegradable cationic polymeric nanocapsules for overcoming multidrug resistance and enabling drug–gene co-delivery to cancer cells

CK Chen, WC Law, R Aalinkeel, Y Yu, B Nair, J Wu… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Having unique architectural features, cationic polymeric nanocapsules (NCs) with well-
defined covalently stabilized biodegradable structures were generated as potentially …

“One-stitch” bioorthogonal prodrug activation based on cross-linked lipoic acid nanocapsules

L Wang, P Jing, J Tan, C Liao, Y Chen, Y Yu, S Zhang - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioorthogonal prodrug activation is fascinating but suffers from staggered administration of
prodrug and trigger, which would not only reduce the therapeutic effect but bring great …

Well-defined amphiphilic double-brush copolymers and their performance as emulsion surfactants

Y Li, J Zou, BP Das, M Tsianou, C Cheng - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic double-brush copolymers (DBCs) with each graft site quantitatively carrying
both a hydrophilic poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) graft and a hydrophobic polylactide (PLA) …

Aspirin-loaded cross-linked lipoic acid nanodrug prevents postoperative tumor recurrence by residual cancer cell killing and inflammatory microenvironment …

P Jing, Y Luo, Y Chen, J Tan, C Liao… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In addition to residual cancer cells, the surgery resection-induced hyperinflammatory
microenvironment is a key factor that leads to postsurgical cancer recurrence. Herein, we …

Polymer–antibiotic conjugates as antibacterial additives in dental resins

R Zhang, MM Jones, H Moussa, M Keskar, N Huo… - Biomaterials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Affecting the vast majority of human beings, dental caries is a premier concern of worldwide
dental health. As the most commonly used restorative material to treat dental caries, resin …

Synthesis of pH-responsive chitosan nanocapsules for the controlled delivery of doxorubicin

CK Chen, Q Wang, CH Jones, Y Yu, H Zhang… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Well-defined chitosan nanocapsules (CSNCs) with tunable sizes were synthesized through
the interfacial cross-linking of N-maleoyl-functionalized chitosan (MCS) in miniemulsions …

Crosslinked polymer nanocapsules

H Sun, CK Chen, H Cui, C Cheng - Polymer International, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer nanocapsules (PNCs) are an important class of nanocarriers, but applications of
conventional non‐crosslinked PNCs have been significantly limited because they are …

Layer-by-layer preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanocapsules via crystallized miniemulsions

A Jafari, H Sun, B Sun, MA Mohamed, H Cui… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Well-defined polyelectrolyte multilayer nanocapsules (NCs) are synthesized by layer-by-
layer deposition of poly (acrylic acid) and poly (allylamine hydrochloride) over crystallized …