Block copolymer micelles in nanomedicine applications

H Cabral, K Miyata, K Osada, K Kataoka - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymeric micelles are demonstrating high potential as nanomedicines capable of
controlling the distribution and function of loaded bioactive agents in the body, effectively …

Drug delivery by supramolecular design

MJ Webber, R Langer - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The rational design of drug delivery approaches leveraging supramolecular chemistry
(ie,“chemistry beyond the molecule”) has garnered significant interest in recent years toward …

Supramolecular biomaterials

MJ Webber, EA Appel, EW Meijer, R Langer - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Polymers, ceramics and metals have historically dominated the application of materials in
medicine. Yet rationally designed materials that exploit specific, directional, tunable and …

Supramolecular polymers in aqueous media

E Krieg, MMC Bastings, P Besenius… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review discusses one-dimensional supramolecular polymers that form in aqueous
media. First, naturally occurring supramolecular polymers are described, in particular …

Cell-penetrating peptides: design strategies beyond primary structure and amphipathicity

D Kalafatovic, E Giralt - molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Efficient intracellular drug delivery and target specificity are often hampered by the presence
of biological barriers. Thus, compounds that efficiently cross cell membranes are the key to …

Multicomponent self-assembly as a tool to harness new properties from peptides and proteins in material design

BO Okesola, A Mata - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature is enriched with a wide variety of complex, synergistic, and highly functional protein-
based multicomponent assemblies. As such, nature has served as a source of inspiration for …

Supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly in organic materials design

SI Stupp, LC Palmer - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Organic materials naturally lend themselves to the crafting of structure and function using the
strategies of self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry employed so effectively by …

Therapeutic supramolecular polymers: Designs and applications

H Wang, J Mills, B Sun, H Cui - Progress in polymer science, 2024 - Elsevier
The self-assembly of low-molecular-weight building motifs into supramolecular polymers
has unlocked a new realm of materials with distinct properties and tremendous potential for …

Expanding the architectural horizon of nucleic-acid-polymer biohybrids by site-controlled incorporation of ATRP initiators in DNA and RNA

J Jeong, G Szczepaniak, SR Das, K Matyjaszewski - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Modifying biomacromolecules with synthetic polymers has been a powerful approach to
develo** multifunctional hybrid biomaterials for nanoscience and biomedical applications …

Controlling supramolecular polymerization through multicomponent self‐assembly

P Besenius - Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly into supramolecular polymers is a process driven by reversible non‐
covalent interactions between monomers, and gives access to materials applications …