Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

MAC Stuart, WTS Huck, J Genzer, M Müller, C Ober… - Nature materials, 2010 - nature.com
Responsive polymer materials can adapt to surrounding environments, regulate transport of
ions and molecules, change wettability and adhesion of different species on external stimuli …

Nanoscale metal–organic materials

A Carne, C Carbonell, I Imaz, D Maspoch - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic materials are found to be a fascinating novel class of functional
nanomaterials. The limitless combinations between inorganic and organic building blocks …

Photoresponsive supramolecular coordination polyelectrolyte as smart anticounterfeiting inks

Z Li, X Liu, G Wang, B Li, H Chen, H Li… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
While photoluminescence printing is a widely applied anticounterfeiting technique, there are
still challenges in develo** new generation anticounterfeiting materials with high security …

Polyelectrolyte complexes: Bulk phases and colloidal systems

J Van der Gucht, E Spruijt, M Lemmers… - Journal of colloid and …, 2011 - Elsevier
When aqueous solutions of polycations and polyanions are mixed, polyelectrolyte
complexes form. These are usually insoluble in water, so that they separate out as a new …

Complex coacervate core micelles

IK Voets, A De Keizer, MAC Stuart - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this review we present an overview of the literature on the co-assembly of neutral-ionic
block, graft, and random copolymers with oppositely charged species in aqueous solution …

Fluorescent Probes Based on AIEgen‐Mediated Polyelectrolyte Assemblies for Manipulating Intramolecular Motion and Magnetic Relaxivity

Y Yao, P Ding, C Yan, Y Tao, B Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Uniting photothermal therapy (PTT) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) holds great
potential in nanotheranostics. However, the extensively utilized hydrophobicity‐driven …

An enzyme‐responsive polymeric superamphiphile

C Wang, Q Chen, Z Wang, X Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli-responsive polymers have developed greatly in recent years as a result of their
prospective uses in biotechnology and drug-delivery systems.[1] Enzyme-responsive …

Kinetic trap**–a strategy for directing the self-assembly of unique functional nanostructures

Y Yan, J Huang, BZ Tang - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular self-assembly into various nano-or microscopic structures based on non-
covalent interactions between molecules has been recognized as a very efficient approach …

Bio‐inspired functional coacervates: Special Issue: Emerging Investigators

S Chen, Q Guo, J Yu - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many functional coacervates have been identified in biological systems, which have
attracted widespread interest. Coacervation is a liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) …

Adaptive soft molecular self-assemblies

A Wang, W Shi, J Huang, Y Yan - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Adaptive molecular self-assemblies provide possibility of constructing smart and functional
materials in a non-covalent bottom-up manner. Exploiting the intrinsic properties of …