Strategies to improve micelle stability for drug delivery

Y Lu, E Zhang, J Yang, Z Cao - Nano research, 2018 - Springer
Micelles have been studied as drug delivery carriers for decades. Their use can potentially
result in high drug accumulation at the target site through the enhanced permeability and …

Self-assembly of block copolymers

Y Mai, A Eisenberg - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly has attracted considerable attention for many
decades because it can yield ordered structures in a wide range of morphologies, including …

Visible light-induced crosslinking and physiological stabilization of diselenide-rich nanoparticles for redox-responsive drug release and combination chemotherapy

S Zhai, X Hu, Y Hu, B Wu, D **ng - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Undesired physiological instability of nanocarriers and premature drug leakage during
blood circulation result in compromised therapeutic efficacy and severe side effects, which …

Toward 'smart'nano-objects by self-assembly of block copolymers in solution

J Rodriguez-Hernandez, F Chécot, Y Gnanou… - Progress in polymer …, 2005 - Elsevier
In recent years, the synthesis and analysis of novel copolymer-based nanomaterials in
solution have been extensively pursued. The interest in such structures lies in the fact that …

Advances and challenges in smart and functional polymer vesicles

J Du, RK O'Reilly - Soft Matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer vesicles prepared by self-assembly techniques have attracted increasing scientific
interest in recent years. This is as a result of their numerous potential applications such as …

pH-sensitive vesicles based on a biocompatible zwitterionic diblock copolymer

J Du, Y Tang, AL Lewis, SP Armes - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Highly biocompatible pH-sensitive diblock copolymer vesicles were prepared from the self-
assembly of a biocompatible zwitterionic copolymer, poly [2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl …

Precipitation polymerization for fabrication of complex core–shell hybrid particles and hollow structures

GL Li, H Möhwald, DG Shchukin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional polymer micro-and nanoparticles with novel morphology are of great importance
because of their wide range of applications in complex biological systems and …

Silica-based nanocapsules: synthesis, structure control and biomedical applications

Y Zhang, BYW Hsu, C Ren, X Li, J Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Synergistically combining the merits of silica (eg, mechanical robustness, biocompatibility
and great versatility in surface functionalization) and capsular configurations (eg, a large …

Concurrent drug unplugging and permeabilization of polyprodrug‐gated crosslinked vesicles for cancer combination chemotherapy

X Hu, S Zhai, G Liu, D **ng, H Liang… - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Combination chemotherapy with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic therapeutic drugs is
clinically vital toward the treatment of persistent cancers. Though conventional liposomes …

Stimuli-responsive tertiary amine methacrylate-based block copolymers: Synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly and functional applications

J Hu, G Zhang, Z Ge, S Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past decade, responsive polymers exhibiting reversible or irreversible changes in
physical properties and/or chemical structures in response to external stimuli have been …