Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have aroused extraordinary
interest due to the unique physical and chemical properties. Combining UCNPs with other …

The remarkable diversity of the self-assembly behavior of PEG–peptides is reviewed,
including self-assemblies formed by PEG–peptides with β-sheet and α-helical (coiled-coil) …

Polypeptides are fascinating materials with unique properties for various biological
materials. We highlight here recent advances in amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) …

A series of disulfide-core-cross-linked poly (ethylene glycol)-poly (amino acid) s star
copolymers were synthesized through one-step ring-opening polymerization of L …

Recent years have seen increasing interests in the use of ring-opening polymerization of α-
amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) to prepare synthetic polypeptides, a class of …

The diselenide-containing fluorescent molecules (SeBDP) and antitumor drug paclitaxel
(SePTX) were synthesized and used for constructing SeBDP nanoparticles (SeBDP NPs) …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

Novel PEG–polypeptide hybrid drug carriers, poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly (L-cysteine)-b-
poly (L-phenylalanine)(PEG-PCys-PPhe) triblock copolymers, were prepared via the ring …

In this work, dextran, a polysaccharide with excellent biocompatibility, is applied as the
“gatekeeper” to fabricate the pH-sensitive dextran/mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) …

Over the past few decades,(poly) peptide block copolymers have been widely employed in
generating well-defined nanostructures as vehicles for targeted drug delivery applications …