Inspired by the mystery of natural homochirality, the design and construction of artificial
chiral systems with special functions including mechanics, chiroptical devices, and chiral …

Nanoparticle-based technologies offer exciting new approaches to disease diagnostics and
therapeutics. To take advantage of unique properties of nanoscale materials and structures …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and self-assembly in
a single step with distinct efficiency that has set it apart from the conventional solution self …

Knowledge of the interactions between nanoparticles (NPs) and cell membranes is of great
importance for the design of safe and efficient nanomedicines. Extensive studies aimed at …

This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of
block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance …

The polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) process is a useful synthetic tool for the
efficient synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles of different morphologies. Recently, studies on …

Introduction: Nanoparticles have been successfully used for cancer drug delivery since
1995. In the design of commercial nanoparticles, size and surface characteristics have been …

The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

This review is an extensive update to the comprehensive review on controlled/living radical
polymerization (CLRP) in dispersed systems published in 2008. 1 A note on nomenclature …

Nanoparticle size, surface charge and material composition are known to affect the uptake of
nanoparticles by cells. However, whether nanoparticle shape affects transport across …