Recent advances in permeable polymersomes: fabrication, responsiveness, and applications

Y Zhu, S Cao, M Huo, JCM van Hest, H Che - Chemical science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymersomes are vesicular nanostructures enclosed by a bilayer-membrane self-
assembled from amphiphilic block copolymers, which exhibit higher stability compared with …

Self-assembled polymeric vesicles: Focus on polymersomes in cancer treatment

F Araste, A Aliabadi, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The progress in advanced materials using nanoscale components can be conducted by an
innovative idea involving combining nanotechnology approaches with supramolecular …

Engineering intracellular delivery nanocarriers and nanoreactors from oxidation-responsive polymersomes via synchronized bilayer cross-linking and permeabilizing …

Z Deng, Y Qian, Y Yu, G Liu, J Hu… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress are implicated in various physiological
and pathological processes, and this feature provides a vital biochemical basis for designing …

Twenty-five years of polymersomes: lost in translation?

S Matoori, JC Leroux - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Soon after the discovery of polymeric vesicles (polymersomes), reports of their high
membrane stability raised hopes for the development of next generation vesicles for drug …

Controllable microfluidic production of drug-loaded PLGA nanoparticles using partially water-miscible mixed solvent microdroplets as a precursor

J Xu, S Zhang, A Machado, S Lecommandoux… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We present a versatile continuous microfluidic flow-focusing method for the production of
Doxorubicin (DOX) or Tamoxifen (TAM)-loaded poly (D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) …

Engineering polymersomes for diagnostics and therapy

J Leong, JY Teo, VK Aakalu, YY Yang… - Advanced healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Engineered polymer vesicles, termed as polymersomes, confer a flexibility to control their
structure, properties, and functionality. Self‐assembly of amphiphilic copolymers leads to …

Emerging era of “somes”: Polymersomes as versatile drug delivery carrier for cancer diagnostics and therapy

AK Sharma, P Prasher, AA Aljabali, V Mishra… - Drug delivery and …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past two decades, polymersomes have been widely investigated for the delivery of
diagnostic and therapeutic agents in cancer therapy. Polymersomes are stable polymeric …

Emerging trends in solution self-assembly of block copolymers

Z Deng, S Liu - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the foundation of macromolecular science by Staudinger, advances in polymer
chemistry have unveiled enormous avenues for controlling chemical structures at the …

Biomolecules turn self-assembling amphiphilic block co-polymer platforms into biomimetic interfaces

S Yorulmaz Avsar, M Kyropoulou, S Di Leone… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Biological membranes constitute an interface between cells and their surroundings and form
distinct compartments within the cell. They also host a variety of biomolecules that carry out …

[HTML][HTML] Biopores/membrane proteins in synthetic polymer membranes

M Garni, S Thamboo, CA Schoenenberger… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Mimicking cell membranes by simple models based on the reconstitution of
membrane proteins in lipid bilayers represents a straightforward approach to understand …