Supramolecular amphiphiles based on host–guest molecular recognition motifs

G Yu, K Jie, F Huang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly, which makes use of molecules rather than atomic units, offers a bottom-up
approach to the construction of new materials on multiple length scales.(1-9) By precisely …

Carbohydrate-based amphiphilic nano delivery systems for cancer therapy

K Liu, X Jiang, P Hunziker - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles (NPs) are novel drug delivery systems that have been attracting more and
more attention in recent years, and have been used for the treatment of cancer, infection …

Multifunctional nanoparticles self‐assembled from small organic building blocks for biomedicine

P **ng, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular self‐assembly shows significant potential to construct responsive materials.
By tailoring the structural parameters of organic building blocks, nanosystems can be …

Controllable construction of biocompatible supramolecular micelles and vesicles by water-soluble phosphate pillar [5, 6] arenes for selective anti-cancer drug delivery

XY Hu, X Liu, W Zhang, S Qin, C Yao, Y Li… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The controllable construction of biocompatible supramolecular nanocarriers with different
morphologies based on dynamic noncovalent interactions to achieve selective delivery of …

Assembling features of calixarene-based amphiphiles and supra-amphiphiles

HW Tian, YC Liu, DS Guo - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Macrocyclic amphiphiles as an emerging family of artificial amphiphiles have gained
considerable attention in recent years on account of their fascinating recognition and …

Smart Nanocontainers: Progress on Novel Stimuli‐Responsive Polymer Vesicles

A Feng, J Yuan - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decade, polymer vesicles prepared by self‐assembly techniques have attracted
increasing scientific interest based on their unique features highlighted with tunable …

Supra-amphiphiles: a new bridge between colloidal science and supramolecular chemistry

Y Kang, K Liu, X Zhang - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
In addition to conventional amphiphiles, an emerging research area is supra-amphiphiles,
which are constructed on the basis of noncovalent interactions and dynamic covalent bonds …

Supramolecular vesicles based on pillar [n] arenes: design, construction, and applications

T **ao, W Zhong, L Xu, XQ Sun, XY Hu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular vesicles have attracted considerable attention due to their advantages of
facile construction, high-cargo-loading capacity, and good biocompatibility. Pillar [n] arenes …

Recent advances in biocompatible nanocarriers for delivery of chemotherapeutic cargoes towards cancer therapy

CY Ang, SY Tan, Y Zhao - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is currently one of the major diseases that has gained a lot of scientific attention.
Conventional cancer therapeutics involve surgical removal of tumors from patients followed …

Cucurbit [8] uril‐Based Polymers and Polymer Materials

H Zou, J Liu, Y Li, X Li, X Wang - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cucurbit [8] uril (CB [8]) is unique and notable in the cucurbit [n] uril family, since it
has a relatively large cavity and thus is able to simultaneously accommodate two guest …