Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Over the past few decades, advanced polymeric materials have gained popularity in the
development of sustainable agricultural applications. Smart polymeric systems have …

Polymersomes, the structural analogues of liposomes, are hollow structures enclosed by a
bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic copolymers. Polymersomes have been proposed …

One strategy in modern medicine is the development of new platforms that combine
multifunctional compounds with stable, safe carriers in patient-oriented therapeutic …

The design and construction of integrated chemical ensembles for studying complex
biological systems is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research …

Polymer vesicles, also known as polymersomes, are finding increasing applications in
biomedical field, including drug delivery, gene therapy, magnetic resonance imaging …

Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the
separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in …

Macromolecular self-assembly is attracting increasing scientific interest in polymer science.
One of the most studied assemblies are stimuli-responsive polymersomes that can convert …