Driving polymer brushes from synthesis to functioning

R Wang, Q Wei, W Sheng, B Yu, F Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The great success of controlled radical polymerizations has encouraged researchers to
develop more facile and robust approaches for surface‐initiated polymerizations (SIPs) to …

Post-synthetic modification of covalent organic frameworks

JL Segura, S Royuela, MM Ramos - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are organic porous materials with many potential
applications, which very often depend on the presence of chemical functionality at the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels based on Schiff base linkages for biomedical applications

J Xu, Y Liu, S Hsu - Molecules, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Schiff base, an important family of reaction in click chemistry, has received significant
attention in the formation of self-healing hydrogels in recent years. Schiff base reversibly …

Metal-free bioorthogonal click chemistry in cancer theranostics

D Wu, K Yang, Z Zhang, Y Feng, L Rao… - Chemical Society …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Bioorthogonal chemistry is a powerful tool to site-specifically activate drugs in living systems.
Bioorthogonal reactions between a pair of biologically reactive groups can rapidly and …

Dendrimers: A versatile nanocarrier for drug delivery and targeting

AP Sherje, M Jadhav, BR Dravyakar… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Dendrimers are novel polymeric nanoarchitectures characterized by hyper-branched 3D-
structure having multiple functional groups on the surface that increases their functionality …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Functionalization

E Blasco, MB Sims, AS Goldmann, BS Sumerlin… - …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
The translation of small molecule chemistries into efficient methodologies for polymer
functionalization spans several decades, enabling critical advances in soft matter materials …

Ruthenium-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction: scope, mechanism, and applications

JR Johansson, T Beke-Somfai… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The ruthenium-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC) affords 1, 5-disubstituted 1, 2,
3-triazoles in one step and complements the more established copper-catalyzed reaction …

Hydrogels in a historical perspective: From simple networks to smart materials

SJ Buwalda, KWM Boere, PJ Dijkstra, J Feijen… - Journal of controlled …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the field of hydrogels as
functional biomaterials. Biomedical application of hydrogels was initially hindered by the …

Click chemistry for drug development and diverse chemical–biology applications

P Thirumurugan, D Matosiuk, K Jozwiak - Chemical reviews, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Chemistry, traditionally being the science of synthesis and structural manipulations of
molecules, has gradually undertaken the more challenging task of biology-oriented …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: develo** chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
(5aR, 11bS)-4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopent-1-ena [c]
phenanthrene-9, 10-diol (A-86929): a potent and selective dopamine D1 agonist that …