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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

Sliding Crosslinked Thermoresponsive Materials: Polypseudorotaxanes Made of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) and Acrylamide-γ-Cyclodextrin

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018
Novel polypseudorotaxanes (PPR) based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) and acrylamide-γ-cyclodextrin (AγCD) are successfully synthesized. AγCD gives rise to sliding crosslinking systems and influences the thermoresponsive and swelling behavior of
Giulio Malucelli, Jvan Dore, Davide Sanna, Daniele Nuvoli, Mariella Rassu, Alberto Mariani, Valeria Alzari   +6 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

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

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

Mussel-inspired thermo-switchable underwater adhesive based on a Janus hydrogel

NPG Asia Materials
On-demand underwater adhesives with excellent adhesive and gentle detachment properties enable stable connections to various biomedical devices and biointerfaces and avoid the risk of harmful tissue damage upon detachment.
Hiroya Abe, Daichi Yoshihara, Soichiro Tottori, Matsuhiko Nishizawa   +3 more
doaj   +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
doaj   +1 more source

Signatures of a Concentration Dependent Flory chi Parameter: Swelling and Collapse of Coils and Brushes

, 2002
The quality of solvents of polymers is often described in terms of the Flory chi parameter typically assumed to depend only on the temperature, T. In certain polymer-solvent systems fitting the experimental data enforces the replacement of chi(T) by a ...
Baulin, V. A., Halperin, A.
core   +1 more source

Reversible Phase‐Change‐Induced Transparency Switching and Dynamic Thermal Regulation Gel for Energy‐Efficient Smart Windows

EcoEnergy, EarlyView.
The phase transition process imparts shape‐stable gels with the capability of reversible transparency modulation and temperature‐responsive heat storage and release. When applied to smart windows, this property ensures the maintenance of thermal energy within the human thermal comfort zone, thereby facilitating indoor energy conservation.
Zhi Huang, Chenhui He, Hongyu Chen, Zhimeng Liu, Chang'an Wang, Yan Gao, Zhili Song, Xinyu Liu, Shen Gao, Hongyi Gao, Ge Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source