Star polymers

JM Ren, TG McKenzie, Q Fu, EHH Wong, J Xu… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in controlled/living polymerization techniques and highly efficient coupling
chemistries have enabled the facile synthesis of complex polymer architectures with …

Molecular interactions driving the layer-by-layer assembly of multilayers

J Borges, JF Mano - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Star polymers: Advances in biomedical applications

W Wu, W Wang, J Li - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, star polymers have been widely used in biomedical applications such
as drug delivery, gene delivery, tissue engineering, diagnosis, medical devices, and …

Forming nanomaterials as layered functional structures toward materials nanoarchitectonics

K Ariga, Q Ji, JP Hill, Y Bando, M Aono - NPG Asia Materials, 2012 - nature.com
Although progress in nanotechnology is anticipated to stimulate the development of
innovative materials, the areas of nanotechnology and materials science are somehow …

Weak polyelectrolyte-based multilayers via layer-by-layer assembly: Approaches, properties, and applications

W Yuan, GM Weng, J Lipton, CM Li… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a nanoscale technique with great versatility,
simplicity and molecular-level processing of various nanoscopic materials. Weak …

Parallel control over surface charge and wettability using polyelectrolyte architecture: effect on protein adsorption and cell adhesion

S Guo, X Zhu, M Li, L Shi, JLT Ong… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Surface charge and wettability, the two prominent physical factors governing protein
adsorption and cell adhesion, have been extensively investigated in the literature. However …

Architecture, assembly, and emerging applications of branched functional polyelectrolytes and poly (ionic liquid) s

W Xu, PA Ledin, VV Shevchenko… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Branched polyelectrolytes with cylindrical brush, dendritic, hyperbranched, grafted, and star
architectures bearing ionizable functional groups possess complex and unique assembly …

All-metal layer-by-layer films: bimetallic alternate layers with accessible mesopores for enhanced electrocatalysis

H Wang, S Ishihara, K Ariga… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have prepared multilayer mesoporous bimetallic (Pt/Pd) alternating films by layer-by-
layer (LbL) electrochemical deposition. Because of the high surface area and heterometallic …

Towards next generation polymer surfaces: Nano-and microlayers of star macromolecules and their design for applications in biology and medicine

B Mendrek, N Oleszko-Torbus, P Teper… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Star polymers with well-defined molecular architectures have been widely studied in the last
few decades. Of particular interest has been processing-structure-property relationships of …

Silk‐on‐silk layer‐by‐layer microcapsules

O Shchepelina, I Drachuk, MK Gupta, J Lin… - Advanced …, 2011 - infona.pl
Single‐component silk‐on‐silk microcapsules based on a layer‐by‐layer approach
demonstrate the fabrication of highly permeable microcapsules with controlled permeability …