Bioinspired polymer vesicles and membranes for biological and medical applications

CG Palivan, R Goers, A Najer, X Zhang, A Car… - Chemical society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

Smart chemistry-based nanosized drug delivery systems for systemic applications: a comprehensive review

T Ramasamy, HB Ruttala, B Gupta, BK Poudel… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the smart chemistry that has been utilized in develo** polymer-
based drug delivery systems over the past 10 years. We provide a comprehensive overview …

Neighboring group participation and internal catalysis effects on exchangeable covalent bonds: application to the thriving field of vitrimer chemistry

F Cuminet, S Caillol, É Dantras, E Leclerc… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Vitrimers constitute a fascinating class of polymer materials that make the link between the
historically opposed 3D networks (thermosets) and linear polymers (thermoplastics). Their …

Polymer vesicles: Mechanism, preparation, application, and responsive behavior

Y Zhu, B Yang, S Chen, J Du - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer vesicles, also known as polymersomes, are finding increasing applications in
biomedical field, including drug delivery, gene therapy, magnetic resonance imaging …

Structure–reactivity relationships in boronic acid–diol complexation

WLA Brooks, CC Deng, BS Sumerlin - ACS omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
Boronic acids have found widespread use in the field of biomaterials, primarily through their
ability to bind with biologically relevant 1, 2-and 1, 3-diols, including saccharides and …

Multi‐stimuli‐responsive polymeric materials

S Guragain, BP Bastakoti, V Malgras… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive materials are of immense importance because of their ability to undergo
alteration of their properties in response to their environment. The properties of such …

Transmission electron microscopy as a tool for the characterization of soft materials: application and interpretation

LE Franken, EJ Boekema, MCA Stuart - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides direct structural information on nano‐
structured materials and is popular as a characterization tool in soft matter and …

Amino acid-derived stimuli-responsive polymers and their applications

K Bauri, M Nandi, P De - Polymer Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms possess an
inherent ability to respond to local environmental stimuli, which motivated researchers to …

Stimuli-responsive polymersomes for cancer therapy

T Thambi, DS Lee - Stimuli responsive polymeric nanocarriers for drug …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is the most common life-threatening illness and remains the leading cause of death
in the United States. Nanomedicine represents an innovative field and has an incredible …

Polymersome Membrane Engineering with Active Targeting or Controlled Permeability for Responsive Drug Delivery

A Kayani, A Raza, J Si, D Dutta, Q Zhou… - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymersomes have been extensively investigated for drug delivery as nanocarriers for two
decades due to a series of advantages including high stability under physiological …