Polypeptides have attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to their inherent
biodegradability and tunable cytocompatibility. Macromolecular design in conjunction with …

The progress in NCA polymerisation combined with advanced orthogonal functionalization
techniques as well as the integration with other controlled polymerisation techniques …

Synthetic polymers are an important component of biomaterials used as implant materials,
drug delivery devices, and tissue engineering scaffolds or hydrogels. This chapter attempts …

A photoresponsive S-(o-nitrobenzyl)-l-cysteine N-carboxyanhydride (NBC-NCA) monomer
was for the first time designed, and the related poly (S-(o-nitrobenzyl)-l-cysteine)-b-poly …

Synthetic polypeptides consisting of α-amino acids linked covalently have significant
similarities to natural materials, which have facilitated their utilization extensively in …

Novel block copolymers comprising poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) and an oligo (tyrosine)
block were synthesized in different compositions by N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) …

A series of well-defined star-shaped polypeptides were successfully synthesised by the ring
opening polymerisation (ROP) of the N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) of ε-carbobenzyloxy-L …

Polypeptoids represent a significant class of synthetic analogues of natural polypeptides
with potential biomimetic applications in materials, catalysis, and pharmaceuticals, but their …

α-Amino acid N-thiocarboxyanhydrides (NTAs) are promising cyclic monomers to synthesize
polypeptides and polypeptoids via controlled ring-opening polymerizations. Superior to N …

Polypeptides inspired by the natural functional and structural proteins present in living
systems are promising materials for various fields in terms of their versatile functionality and …