Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Why is ferrocene so exceptional?

D Astruc - European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The appearance of ferrocene in the middle of the 20th century has revolutionized
organometallic chemistry and is now providing applications in areas as varied and …

A drug‐self‐gated mesoporous antitumor nanoplatform based on pH‐sensitive dynamic covalent bond

X Zeng, G Liu, W Tao, Y Ma, X Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To achieve on‐demand drug release, mesoporous silica nanocarriers as antitumor platforms
generally need to be gated with stimuli‐responsive cap** agents. Herein, a “smart” …

Soft matter in hard confinement: phase transition thermodynamics, structure, texture, diffusion and flow in nanoporous media

P Huber - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Spatial confinement in nanoporous media affects the structure, thermodynamics and mobility
of molecular soft matter often markedly. This article reviews thermodynamic equilibrium …

Preparation and characterization of SLS-CNT/PES ultrafiltration membrane with antifouling and antibacterial properties

W Wang, L Zhu, B Shan, C **e, C Liu, F Cui… - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were functionalized by a simple non-covalent modification with
sodium lignosulfonate (SLS), and the hybrid polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration …

Gated supramolecular chemistry in hybrid mesoporous silica nanoarchitectures: controlled delivery and molecular transport in response to chemical, physical and …

S Alberti, GJAA Soler-Illia, O Azzaroni - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents and discusses recent advances in the emerging field of “gated
nanochemistry”, outlining the substantial progress made so far. The development of hybrid …

Nanoarchitectured prototypes of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for innovative biomedical applications

RK Kankala, YH Han, HY **a, SB Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Despite exceptional morphological and physicochemical attributes, mesoporous silica
nanoparticles (MSNs) are often employed as carriers or vectors. Moreover, these …

Structure and Potential‐Dependent Selectivity in Redox‐Metallopolymers: Electrochemically Mediated Multicomponent Metal Separations

R Chen, J Feng, J Jeon, T Sheehan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electro‐responsive functional materials can play a critical role in selective metal recovery
and recycling due to the need for molecular differentiation between transition metals in …

Poly (amidoamine)-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a mucoadhesive drug delivery system for potential bladder cancer therapy

B Wang, K Zhang, J Wang, R Zhao, Q Zhang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bladder cancer, with the highest recurrence rate in all malignancy, is a common urologic
cancer that arises on the bladder mucosa. Currently, tumor resection followed by intravesical …

Pushing the limits of nanopore transport performance by polymer functionalization

R Pardehkhorram, A Andrieu-Brunsen - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by the design and performance of biological pores, polymer functionalization of
nanopores has emerged as an evolving field to advance transport performance within the …