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Sustainable Cellulose Ionogels With Promising Physical Structure, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive overview of cellulose functional gels, focusing on their molecular network design and physical properties. The extensive potential applications of cellulose gels in flexible electronics, biomedicine, and smart engineering are explored in depth. This work provides valuable insights and guidance for future research and
Wenjuan Wang, Haibo Jiang, Geyuan Jiang, Minxin Wang, Jun Guan, Jianhong Zhou, Dawei Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing design strategies in smart stimulus‐responsive liposomes for drug release and nanomedicine

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of stimulus‐responsive liposomes designed for controlled drug release and nanomedicine. The innermost circle represents different liposomal structures, including unilamellar, multilamellar, and multivesicular liposomes. The middle layer illustrates the responsive phospholipid components.
Yuchen Guo, Nan Li, Daiwei Zhang, Jingya Gu, Zhihuan Liao, Zihao Teng, Xiangfu Du, Peter S. Timashev, Shipeng Chen, Shuaidong Huo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thickness-Dependent Swelling Behavior of Vapor-Deposited Hydrogel Thin Films

Proceedings, 2018
Hydrogel thin films containing temperature sensitive chemical functionalities (such as N-isopropylacrylamide, NIPAAm) are particularly interesting for sensor and actuator setups.
Fabian Muralter, Alberto Perrotta, Anna Maria Coclite   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding cationic polyelectrolyte thermogels with varying charge densities toward biomaterials design

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Cationic polyurethane thermogels with customizable charge density were developed, exhibiting enhanced pH‐responsiveness. This work elucidates how cationic charges influence self‐assembly and thermogelling, providing insights for designing smart biomaterials.
Belynn Sim, Yi Jing Wong, Hamzah Kamaruddin, Qianyu Lin, Pablo Mota‐Santiago, Nigel Kirby, Alexis Lee, Yihao Leow, Alice Anhan Chen, Rubayn Goh, Xian Jun Loh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conjugates of methylated cyclodextrin derivatives and hydroxyethyl starch (HES): Synthesis, cytotoxicity and inclusion of anaesthetic actives

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014
The mono-6-deoxy-6-azides of 2,6-di-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (DIMEB) and randomly methylated-β-cyclodextrin (RAMEB) were conjugated to propargylated hydroxyethyl starch (HES) by Cu+-catalysed [2 + 3] cycloaddition.
Lisa Markenstein, Antje Appelt-Menzel, Marco Metzger, Gerhard Wenz   +3 more
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Bottom‐up Strategies for Generating Polymer Protocells That Mimic Cellular Communication

Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
This review focuses on polymeric protocells produced using a bottom‐up approach. Polymer‐based assemblies guarantee stability and designability by adjusting the properties of the amphiphilic copolymers used. The review covers protocell architectures, production, and their intra‐ and intercellular communication mechanisms.
Gloria Saorin, Xinan Huang, Voichita Mihali, Cornelia G. Palivan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Redox Biocatalysis in Lidocaine‐Based Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents: Non‐Conventional Media Outperform Aqueous Conditions

ChemSusChem, Volume 18, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.
Two hydrophobic DESs, lidocaine/oleic acid and lidocaine/decanoic acid, were utilized as reaction media that were enzyme‐compatible and highly substrate‐solubilizer for carbonyl reduction catalyzed by horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase, focusing on the effect of water contents and on maximizing substrate loadings, which showcases for the first time the ...
Ningning Zhang, Viktoria Lahmann, Jan Philipp Bittner, Pablo Domínguez de María, Sven Jakobtorweihen, Irina Smirnova, Selin Kara   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

LCST phase behavior of benzo-21-crown-7 with different alkyl chains

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019
The introduction of hydrophobic units into crown ethers can dramatically decrease the critical transition temperature of LCST and realize macroscopic phase separation at low to moderate temperature and concentration.
Yan Deng, Xing Li, Qiao Zhang, Zheng Luo, Chengyou Han, Shengyi Dong   +5 more
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Nanoparticles in microdroplets: Recent advances in microfluidic generators for producing functional microbeads

Droplet, EarlyView.
Functional hybrid microbeads with electrical, magnetic, and/or optical responsiveness have emerged as versatile platforms for biotechnology. This review highlights recent advances in microfluidic technologies for producing such microbeads, with a focus on incorporating functional nanoparticles in microdroplet systems.
  Bayinqiaoge, Chengchen Zhang, Shi‐Yang Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lower critical solution temperature versus volume phase transition temperature in thermoresponsive drug delivery systems

eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 2011
One of the most subtle problem in the characterization of thermoresponsive polymers is the evaluation of the relationship between the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the linear polymer and the volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) of ...
doaj   +1 more source