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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

Smart Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Based Hydrogels: A Tour D’horizon of Biomedical Applications

Gels
Hydrogels are innovative materials characterized by a water-swollen, crosslinked polymeric network capable of retaining substantial amounts of water while maintaining structural integrity.
Soumya Narayana, B. H. Jaswanth Gowda, Umme Hani, Mohammed Gulzar Ahmed, Zahrah Ali Asiri, Karthika Paul   +5 more
doaj   +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

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

PNIPAM-Coated Brushy Beads and How They Collapse

, 2020
Stimuli-responsive polymers are a group of powerful switchable materials with a broad range of applications. Induced by a stimulus, the properties of such polymers can change dramatically. One popular polymer is poly(N- isopropylacryamide) (PNIPAM).
openaire   +2 more sources

Hydrogen Halide Gas Sensors: Active Materials, Operation Principles, and Emerging Technologies

Interdisciplinary Materials, EarlyView.
This review considers hydrogen halide (HX) gas sensors across functional materials and principles: acoustic, chemical, optical and nanophotonic. The strong acidity and reactivity of HX gases are discussed as constraints for stability and selectivity of these devices.
Xiuzhen Liu, Nikita Tukachev, Kehang Wang, Dmirty Zhirihin, Yaopeng Cheng, Pavel Krasnov, Mingzhao Song, Soslan Khubezhov, Wenping Yin, Emmanuel Stratakis, Sailing He, Andrey L. Rogach, Sergey Makarov   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D Polymeric Nanonetworks: From Self‐Assembly to Advanced Fabrication

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, EarlyView.
This review provides the first systematic cross‐method comparison of fabrication techniques for 3D polymeric nanonetworks. It evaluates five key strategies—block copolymer self‐assembly, hyper‐crosslinking, template‐assisted methods, 3D printing, and nanolithography—across critical metrics including resolution, throughput, scalability, and material ...
Carlos G. Cobos, Xiang Yan, Marisol Martín‐González   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enrichment of Hyaluronic Acid Binding Tumor Cells by Modulation of Selective Adhesion on Microgel Surfaces

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
We have developed a thermoresponsive microgel system for the selective enrichment of hyaluronic acid‐binding tumor cells. By modulating the adhesion on the microgel surface via temperature changes from 37°C to 30°C, we demonstrate a novel proof‐of‐principle for separating these tumor cell from white blood cells, which has potential applications in ...
Melanie Schmidt, Dilay Karayel, André Franken, Janita Müller, Laura Hartmann, Klaus Pantel, Tanja Fehm, Hans Neubauer, Stephan Schmidt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Use of an Orthogonal Crosslinker to Create Controlled Thermoresponsive Hydrogels from LCST Tunable Thermoresponsive Polymers

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
Thermoresponsive hydrogels with a tunable phase transition temperature are formed with control using an orthogonal reaction method. Living cationic polymerization enables control over the thermoresponsive polymer structures and the inclusion of an orthogonal crosslinker with both vinyl ether and methacrylate moieties enabled a facile post ...
Hiroaki Kato, Kira B. Landenberger
wiley   +1 more source

Gold Nanorings Encapsulated in PNIPAM Nanoparticles [PDF]

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2019
Sofía Alejandra Tovar-Cabrera, Armando Lucero-Acuña, Reynaldo Esquivel   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source