Tuning amphiphilicity/temperature-induced self-assembly and in-situ disulfide crosslinking of reduction-responsive block copolymers

Disassembly and tumor-targeting drug delivery of reduction-responsive degradable block copolymer nanoassemblies

Review on recent strategies to synthesize novel disulfide-containing reductively-degradable block copolymers and their nanoassemblies as being classified with the number, position, and location of the disulfide linkages toward effective tumor-targeting intracellular drug delivery exhibiting enhanced release of encapsulated drugs.

Redox-triggered crosslinking of a degradable polymer

A unique redox-triggered crosslinking reaction is disclosed that capitalizes on the orthogonal reactivity of an iron-based catalyst for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic diesters and epoxides.

Best of both worlds: Diels–Alder chemistry towards fabrication of redox-responsive degradable hydrogels for protein release

Poly(ethylene glycol)-based redox-responsive hydrogels have been preparedviathe Diels–Alder reaction between a furan-containing hydrophilic copolymer and a disulfide-containing bis-maleimide based crosslinker.

Enhanced encapsulation of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 in acidic core-containing micelles for magnetic resonance imaging

Block copolymer-based magnetic nanoassembled structures with acidic cores exhibiting enhanced loading level of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, thus having great potential for theranostics based on MRI.