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 …

Stimuli-responsive polymeric nanocarriers for the controlled transport of active compounds: concepts and applications

E Fleige, MA Quadir, R Haag - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The use of polymeric nanocarriers to transport active compounds like small-molecular drugs,
peptides, or genes found an increased attention throughout the different fields of natural …

Phosphorus science-oriented design and synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Z Tang, N Kong, J Ouyang, C Feng, NY Kim, X Ji… - Matter, 2020‏ - cell.com
Phosphorus plays an indispensable role in energy metabolism, acid-base balance, and
genetic substances transfer. As nanotechnology advances, plenty of phosphorus-based …

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 …

Biodegradable polymeric micelles for targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery: Promises, progress and prospects

C Deng, Y Jiang, R Cheng, F Meng, Z Zhong - Nano today, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Biodegradable polymeric micelles have emerged as one of the most promising platforms for
targeted and controlled anticancer drug delivery due to their excellent biocompatibility …

Design and development of polymeric micelles with cleavable links for intracellular drug delivery

H Wei, RX Zhuo, XZ Zhang - Progress in polymer Science, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Driven by the urgent need in practical applications of stimuli-responsive nano-carriers for
intracellular drug delivery, the design and development of advanced polymeric micelles …

Dendrimers in combination with natural products and analogues as anti-cancer agents

S Mignani, J Rodrigues, H Tomas… - Chemical Society …, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
For the first time, an overview of dendrimers in combination with natural products and
analogues as anti-cancer agents is presented. This reflects the development of drug delivery …

Bioapplications of hyperbranched polymers

D Wang, T Zhao, X Zhu, D Yan, W Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs), an important subclass of dendritic macromolecules, are
highly branched, three-dimensional globular nanopolymeric architectures. Attractive …

Synthesis and applications of stimuli-responsive hyperbranched polymers

D Wang, Y **, X Zhu, D Yan - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Benefiting from their responsiveness and adaptability, the stimuli-responsive polymers have
been widely investigated and exploited in the various fields, such as environmental …

Recent advances in stimuli-responsive degradable block copolymer micelles: synthesis and controlled drug delivery applications

Q Zhang, NR Ko, JK Oh - Chemical communications, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
(Bio) degradation in response to external stimuli (stimuli-responsive degradation, SRD) is a
desired property in constructing novel nanostructured materials. For polymer-based …