Recent Advances in Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly (PISA) Syntheses in Non‐Polar Media

C György, SP Armes - Angewandte Chemie, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
It is well‐known that polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) is a powerful and highly
versatile technique for the rational synthesis of colloidal dispersions of diblock copolymer …

Degradable block copolymer nanoparticles synthesized by polymerization‐induced self‐assembly

S Zhang, R Li, Z An - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and in situ self‐
assembly of block copolymers in one system and has become a widely used method to …

Efficient synthesis and PISA behavior of molecular bottlebrush block copolymers via a grafting-from strategy through RAFT dispersion polymerization

W Hou, J Wu, Z Li, Z Zhang, Y Shi, Y Chen - Macromolecules, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Precise synthesis of molecular bottlebrushes (MBBs) with high yield via the grafting-from
strategy using a reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) technique has …

Enhanced adsorption of epoxy‐functional nanoparticles onto stainless steel significantly reduces friction in tribological studies

C György, PM Kirkman, TJ Neal, DHH Chan… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Epoxy‐functional sterically‐stabilized diblock copolymer nanoparticles (ca. 27 nm) are
prepared via RAFT dispersion polymerization in mineral oil. Nanoparticle adsorption onto …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly for efficient fabrication of biomedical nanoplatforms

X Zhao, C Sun, F **ong, T Wang, S Li, F Huo, X Yao - Research, 2023‏ - spj.science.org
Amphiphilic copolymers can self-assemble into nano-objects in aqueous solution. However,
the self-assembly process is usually performed in a diluted solution (< 1 wt%), which greatly …

Ultra-confined controllable cyclic peptides as supramolecular biomaterials

MS Chorsi, W Linthicum, A Pozhidaeva, C Mundrane… - Nano Today, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The capacity to design molecules capable of orchestrated movements in response to
specific stimuli could yield functional biomaterials suitable for diverse innovative materials …

Efficient synthesis of bottle-brush polymers enabled by selective photoactivation strategy in NIR-induced PET-RAFT polymerization

H Zha, L Cheng, Z Wang, C Liu, C Hong - Science China Chemistry, 2024‏ - Springer
Bottle-brush polymers possessing densely grafted side chains have special properties that
are distinct from linear macromolecules. Herein, an efficient method for preparing bottle …

Reversible crowdedness of pH-responsive and host–guest active polymersomes: Mimicking µm-sized cell structures

K Zhang, Y Zhou, S Moreno, S Schwarz, S Boye… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The structure–function characteristics of isolated artificial organelles (AOs) in protocells are
mainly known, but there are few reports on clustered or aggregated AOs. To imitate µm …

RAFT Dispersion Polymerization of 2-Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate in Non-polar Media

P Chohan, C György, OO Mykhaylyk… - …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
We report the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) dispersion
polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) in n-dodecane using a poly (lauryl …

New driving forces and recent advances in polymerization-induced self-assembly

Q Gu, H Li, EJ Cornel, J Du - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023‏ - cell.com
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a powerful tool to prepare dispersed block
copolymer nanoparticles with various morphologies in a range of solvents. This method is …