Emerging trends in polymerization-induced self-assembly

NJW Penfold, J Yeow, C Boyer, SP Armes - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we summarize recent progress in polymerization-induced self-assembly
(PISA) for the rational synthesis of block copolymer nanoparticles with various …

RAFT‐mediated polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

F d'Agosto, J Rieger, M Lansalot - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
After a brief history that positions polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) in the field of
polymer chemistry, this Review will cover the fundamentals of the PISA mechanism …

A critical appraisal of RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly

SL Canning, GN Smith, SP Armes - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become widely recognized as a
robust and efficient route to produce block copolymer nanoparticles of controlled size …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nano-objects via RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization

NJ Warren, SP Armes - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we discuss the recent development of polymerization-induced self-
assembly mediated by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT non-aqueous dispersion polymerization

MJ Derry, LA Fielding, SP Armes - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
There is considerable current interest in polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) via
reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization as a versatile and …

Design and applications of man-made biomimetic fibrillar hydrogels

E Prince, E Kumacheva - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Many extracellular matrices (ECMs) have a filamentous architecture, which influences cell
growth and phenotype and imparts tissues with specific properties. Man-made fibrillar …

Thermo-responsive polymers: Applications of smart materials in drug delivery and tissue engineering

M Sponchioni, UC Palmiero, D Moscatelli - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Synthetic polymers are attracting great attention in the last decades for their use in the
biomedical field as nanovectors for controlled drug delivery, hydrogels and scaffolds …

RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly (RAFT-PISA): current status and future directions

J Wan, B Fan, SH Thang - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and self-assembly in
a single step with distinct efficiency that has set it apart from the conventional solution self …

Enabling future nanomanufacturing through block copolymer self-assembly: A review

C Cummins, R Lundy, JJ Walsh, V Ponsinet, G Fleury… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Hydrogel microenvironments for cancer spheroid growth and drug screening

Y Li, E Kumacheva - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Multicellular cancer spheroids (MCSs) have emerged as a promising in vitro model that
replicates many features of solid tumors in vivo. Biomimetic hydrogel scaffolds for MCS …