Chloé Grazon, Pedro Salas-Ambrosio, Ségolène Antoine, Emmanuel Ibarboure, Olivier Sandre, Andrew J. Clulow, Ben J. Boyd, Mark W. Grinstaff, Sébastien Lecommandoux and Colin Bonduelle

Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 6242
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00995H

Control of the structure and morphology of polypeptide/surfactant spread films by exploiting specific interactions

Javier Carrascosa-Tejedor, Laura M. Miñarro, Marina Efstratiou, Imre Varga, Maximilian W. A. Skoda, Philipp Gutfreund, Armando Maestro, M. Jayne Lawrence and Richard A. Campbell

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 11141
DOI: 10.1039/D2NR07164A

Synthesis of dinuclear aluminum complexes bearing bis-phenolate ligand and application in ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

Jie Zhang, Shaofeng Liu, Weiwei Zuo, Hongqi Ye and Zhibo Li

New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 2358
DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ03818B

A thermo- and pH-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)–Mn–ZnS nanocomposite for controlled release and real-time photoluminescence tracking of doxorubicin

Ruo-Mei Wang, Qian Liu, Yu Zhang, Zhangyong Hong and He-Fang Wang

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 50985
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA10395B

One-pot copolymerization of epoxides/carbon dioxide and lactide using a ternary catalyst system

Xiang Li, Chenyang Hu, Xuan Pang, Ranlong Duan and Xuesi Chen

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 6452
DOI: 10.1039/C8CY01856A

Dual-responsive core-crosslinked polyphosphoester-based nanoparticles for pH/redox-triggered anticancer drug delivery

Yue Sun, Xueqiong Du, Jinlin He, Jian Hu, Mingzu Zhang and Peihong Ni

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 3771
DOI: 10.1039/C7TB00440K

Efficient synthesis and excellent antimicrobial activity of star-shaped cationic polypeptides with improved biocompatibility

Hao Liu, Xu Zhang, Ziyin Zhao, Fangping Yang, Ruizhong Xue, Lichen Yin, Ziyuan Song, Jianjun Cheng, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

Biomater. Sci., 2021, 9, 2721
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM02151B

Spider silk-inspired peptide multiblock hybrid copolymers for self-healable thin film materials

Tomoyuki Koga, Tomotaka Morishita, Yushi Harumoto, Shin-nosuke Nishimura and Nobuyuki Higashi

Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 7851
DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00823D

Mesomeric configuration makes polyleucine micelle an optimal nanocarrier

Taoyuan He, Di Li, Yanan Yang, Jianxun Ding, Feng Jin, Xiuli Zhuang and Xuesi Chen

Biomater. Sci., 2016, 4, 814
DOI: 10.1039/C6BM00022C

Fructose-sensitive thermal transition behaviour of boronic ester-bearing telechelic poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline)

Jiyoung Lee, Jong Min Park and Woo-Dong Jang

Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 3343
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC09835B

Star-shaped and star-block polymers with a porphyrin core: from LCST–UCST thermoresponsive transition to tunable self-assembly behaviour and fluorescence performance

Weizhong Yuan and Xiangnan Chen

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 6802
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA21647H

Dual-responsive amphiphilic cysteine block copolypeptide: self-assembled vesicles for dye encapsulation and photo-triggered release

Joy Das, Priyanka Dinda, Ambuz Basak, Mahammad Anas, Sunetra Karmakar and Tarun K. Mandal

Polym. Chem., 2025, 16, 3265
DOI: 10.1039/D5PY00432B

New chemosynthetic route to linear ε-poly-lysine

Youhua Tao, Xiaoyu Chen, Fan Jia, Shixue Wang, Chunsheng Xiao, Fengchao Cui, Yunqi Li, Zheng Bian, Xuesi Chen and Xianhong Wang

Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 6385
DOI: 10.1039/C5SC02479J

The role of hydroxyethyl groups in the construction of wormlike micelles in the system of quaternary ammonium surfactant and sodium salicylate

Caili Dai, Xuepeng Wu, Weitao Li, Qin You, Mingwei Zhao, Mingyong Du, Yifei Liu and Yuyang Li

Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 7817
DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01698C

Selective oxidative intermolecular carbosulphenylation of aryl alkenes with thiols and nucleophiles via a 1,2-dithioethane intermediate

Yuna Wang, Zaojuan Qi, Yanning Niu, Hua Feng, Enrico Benassi and Bo Qian

Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 7533
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02517A

Synthesis and LCST-type phase behavior of water-soluble polypeptide with Y-shaped and charged side-chains

Yanzhi Xu, Mengxiang Zhu, Minjie Li, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 1922
DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01991E

Facile synthesis of ROS-responsive biodegradable main chain poly(carbonate-thioether) copolymers

Bingkun Yan, Yan Zhang, Chao Wei and Yue Xu

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 904
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01908D

Peptide self-assembly: thermodynamics and kinetics

Juan Wang, Kai Liu, Ruirui Xing and Xuehai Yan

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 5589
DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00176A

A reversible conductivity modulation of azobenzene-based ionic liquids in aqueous solutions using UV/vis light

Zhiyong Li, Xiaoqing Yuan, Ying Feng, Yongkui Chen, Yuling Zhao, Huiyong Wang, Qingli Xu and Jianji Wang

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 12808
DOI: 10.1039/C8CP01617H

A redox stimuli-responsive superparamagnetic nanogel with chemically anchored DOX for enhanced anticancer efficacy and low systemic adverse effects

Lidi Chen, Yanan Xue, Xiaoyang Xia, Meifang Song, Juan Huang, Han Zhang, Bo Yu, Sihui Long, Yanping Liu, Lei Liu, Shiwen Huang and Faquan Yu

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 8949
DOI: 10.1039/C5TB01851J

The effect of hydroxyl on the solution behavior of a quaternary ammonium gemini surfactant

Xuepeng Wu, Caili Dai, Sisi Fang, Hao Li, Yining Wu, Xin Sun and Mingwei Zhao

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 16047
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00131B

Ugi four-component polymerization of amino acid derivatives: a combinatorial tool for the design of polypeptoids

Pierre Stiernet, Benoit Couturaud, Virginie Bertrand, Gauthier Eppe, Julien De Winter and Antoine Debuigne

Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 2141
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00109D

Secondary structures in synthetic polypeptides from N-carboxyanhydrides: design, modulation, association, and material applications

Ziyuan Song, Hailin Fu, Ruibo Wang, Lazaro A. Pacheco, Xu Wang, Yao Lin and Jianjun Cheng

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 7401
DOI: 10.1039/C8CS00095F

Synthetic polypeptides: from polymer design to supramolecular assembly and biomedical application

Ziyuan Song, Zhiyuan Han, Shixian Lv, Chongyi Chen, Li Chen, Lichen Yin and Jianjun Cheng

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 6570
DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00460E

Effect of main chain conformation on thermosensitivity in elastin-like peptide-grafted polylysine

Chie Kojima, Ugir Hossain Sk, Daichi Fukushima, Kotaro Irie, Naotoshi Akazawa, Masafumi Umeda and Takuro Niidome

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 104900
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA23865J

Photo-responsive hydrogels based on a ruthenium complex: synthesis and degradation

Sara Tavakkoli Fard, Boonya Thongrom, Katharina Achazi, Guoxin Ma, Rainer Haag and C. Christoph Tzschucke

Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 1301
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01232H

Next-generation stimuli-responsive polymers for a sustainable tomorrow

Bhanendra Sahu, Swarup Maity, Amul Jain and Sanjib Banerjee

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 12265
DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02729B

NIR imaging-guided combined photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy by a pH-responsive amphiphilic polypeptide prodrug

Zheng Ruan, Le Liu, Wei Jiang, Shuya Li, Yucai Wang and Lifeng Yan

Biomater. Sci., 2017, 5, 313
DOI: 10.1039/C6BM00787B

Hydrophilic–hydrophobic phase transition of photoresponsive linear and macrocyclic poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline)s

Yongseok Jung, Jaehyuk Nam, Joo-Ho Kim and Woo-Dong Jang

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 10074
DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01042G

Physiologically relevant pH- and temperature-responsive polypeptide hydrogels with adhesive properties

Yingge Shi, Dong Li, Junfeng Ding, Chaoliang He and Xuesi Chen

Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 2832
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00290B

Self-assembly of peptides in living cells for disease theranostics

Xiaowei Mo, Zeyu Zhang, Jinyan Song, Yushi Wang and Zhilin Yu

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 4289
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00365A

A stimuli-responsive methionine-based zwitterionic methacryloyl sulfonium sulfonate monomer and the corresponding antifouling polymer with tunable thermosensitivity

Tanmoy Maji, Sanjib Banerjee, Avijit Bose and Tarun K. Mandal

Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 3164
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00460E

Synthesis of water soluble and multi-responsive selenopolypeptides via ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides

Guangqi Wu, Chenglong Ge, Xingyi Liu, Shuo Wang, Letian Wang, Lichen Yin and Hua Lu

Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7860
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC03767E

Glycopeptides derived from glucosaminic acid

Ester Abtew, Abraham J. Domb and Arijit Basu

Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 4447
DOI: 10.1039/C6PY00858E

Thermo and pH dual responsive polypeptides derived from “clickable” poly(γ-3-methylthiopropyl-l-glutamate)

Chenglong Ge, Liang Zhao, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 1895
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00170C

Organobase 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl guanidine catalyzed rapid ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides adaptive to amine, alcohol and carboxyl acid initiators

Kai Li, Zheng Li, Yong Shen, Xiaohui Fu, Chongyi Chen and Zhibo Li

Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 586
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01508G

Hyperbranched polypeptides synthesized from phototriggered ROP of a photocaged Nε-[1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl]-l-lysine-N-carboxyanhydride: microstructures and effects of irradiation intensity and nitrogen flow rate

Pan Li, Yingying Song and Chang-Ming Dong

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3974
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00641E

Synthesis and multimodal responsiveness of poly(α-amino acid)s bearing OEGylated azobenzene side-chains

Wei Xiong, Xiaohui Fu, Yaoming Wan, Yunlong Sun, Zhibo Li and Hua Lu

Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 6375
DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01364C

Smart micro/nanoparticles in stimulus-responsive drug/gene delivery systems

Mahdi Karimi, Amir Ghasemi, Parham Sahandi Zangabad, Reza Rahighi, S. Masoud Moosavi Basri, H. Mirshekari, M. Amiri, Z. Shafaei Pishabad, A. Aslani, M. Bozorgomid, D. Ghosh, A. Beyzavi, A. Vaseghi, A. R. Aref, L. Haghani, S. Bahrami and Michael R. Hamblin

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 1457
DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00798D

A pH and redox dual responsive homopolypeptide: synthesis, characterization, and application in “smart” single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion

Jiang Xiao, Junyan Tan, Rujian Jiang, Xiongliang He, Yanzhi Xu, Ying Ling, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 7025
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01393K

Tumor pH and intracellular reduction responsive polypeptide nanomedicine with a sheddable PEG corona and a disulfide-cross-linked core

Yue Ding, Chang Du, Jiwen Qian, Linzhu Zhou, Yue Su, Rong Zhang and Chang-Ming Dong

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3488
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00579F

Precise synthesis of poly(N-acryloyl amino acid) through photoinduced living polymerization

Guofeng Li, Wenli Feng, Nathaniel Corrigan, Cyrille Boyer, Xing Wang and Jiangtao Xu

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 2733
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00366A

Smart polymers: key to targeted therapeutic interventions

Divyanshi Thakkar, Rhythm Sehgal, A. K. Narula and Deepa Deswal

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 192
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05098C

A self-crosslinking nanogel scaffold for enhanced catalytic efficiency and stability

Xu Yang, Maosheng Lin, Jirui Wei and Jing Sun

Polym. Chem., 2023, 14, 284
DOI: 10.1039/D2PY01272C

Zwitterionic polypeptides bearing carboxybetaine and sulfobetaine: synthesis, self-assembly, and their interactions with proteins

Yu-Lin Tsai, Yu-Chao Tseng, Yan-Miao Chen, Tain-Ching Wen and Jeng-Shiung Jan

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 1178
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY01167A

Responsive crosslinked polymer nanogels for imaging and therapeutics delivery

Antonie E. Ekkelenkamp, M. Rachèl Elzes, Johan F. J. Engbersen and Jos M. J. Paulusse

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 210
DOI: 10.1039/C7TB02239E

Chemoresponsive surface-tethered polypeptide brushes based on switchable secondary conformations

Chih-Tsung Yang, Yuli Wang, Curtis W. Frank and Ying-Chih Chang

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 86113
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA15839G

Vesicular assemblies of thermoresponsive amphiphilic polypeptide copolymers for guest encapsulation and release

Mahammad Anas, Somdeb Jana and Tarun K. Mandal

Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 2889
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00135J

ROS-responsive thermosensitive polypeptide hydrogels for localized drug delivery and improved tumor chemoimmunotherapy

Fujiang Li, Junfeng Ding, Zhenyu Li, Yan Rong, Chaoliang He and Xuesi Chen

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12, 3100
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00241E

Carbon nanotubes: a novel material for multifaceted applications in human healthcare

Sandeep Kumar, Ruma Rani, Neeraj Dilbaghi, K. Tankeshwar and Ki-Hyun Kim

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 158
DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00517A

Recent trends in pH/thermo-responsive self-assembling hydrogels: from polyions to peptide-based polymeric gelators

Christophe Chassenieux and Constantinos Tsitsilianis

Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 1344
DOI: 10.1039/C5SM02710A

All-in-one hyperbranched polypeptides for surgical adhesives and interventional embolization of tumors

Dedai Lu, Yunfei Li, Xiangya Wang, Ting’e Li, Yongyong Zhang, Hongyun Guo, Shaobo Sun, Xiaoqi Wang, Yongdong Zhang and Ziqiang Lei

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 7511
DOI: 10.1039/C8TB01015C

Biodegradable thermal- and redox-responsive poly(l-glutamate) with Y-shaped oligo(ethylene glycol) side-chain and tunable phase transition temperature

Xiaohui Fu, Yinan Ma, Jing Sun and Zhibo Li

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 70243
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA17427B

Cd2+ coordination: an efficient structuring switch for polypeptide polymers

Julien Aujard-Catot, Michel Nguyen, Christian Bijani, Geneviève Pratviel and Colin Bonduelle

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 4100
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00810H

Photo-liberated amines for N-carboxyanhydride (PLANCA) ring-opening polymerization

Sofia L. Goodrich, Megan R. Hill, Rebecca A. Olson and Brent S. Sumerlin

Polym. Chem., 2021, 12, 4104
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00781E

Cationic micelles self-assembled from quaternized cellulose-g-oligo (ε-caprolactone) amphiphilic copolymers

Suzhen Liu, Li Zhang, Xiaohong Chen, Tingting Chu, Yanzhu Guo and Meihong Niu

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 119, 385
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.08.007

Thermoresponsive Polypeptoids

Dandan Liu and Jing Sun

Polymers, 2020, 12, 2973
DOI: 10.3390/polym12122973

Nanogels: Synthesis, properties, and recent biomedical applications

Qiu-Yi Duan, Ya-Xuan Zhu, Hao-Ran Jia, Shi-Hao Wang and Fu-Gen Wu

Progress in Materials Science, 2023, 139, 101167
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2023.101167

Advances in Bioresorbable Materials and Electronics

Yamin Zhang, Geumbee Lee, Shuo Li, Ziying Hu, Kaiyu Zhao and John A. Rogers

Chem. Rev., 2023, 123, 11722
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00408

Design and Update of Multifunctional Polypeptides and Their Applications for the Prevention of Viral Infections and Cancer Immunotherapies

Yanzheng Chen, Yingying Song, Xinyuan Zhu, Chang-Ming Dong and Mingsheng Chen

Polymer Reviews, 2024, 64, 528
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2023.2281462

Poly(amino acid)s/polypeptides as potential functional and structural materials

Keiji Numata

Polym J, 2015, 47, 537
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2015.35

Helical Nonfouling Polypeptides for Biomedical Applications

Chong Zhang and Hua Lu

Chin J Polym Sci, 2022, 40, 433
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2688-2

Preparation of Mn2+@PolyDOPA-b-polysarcosine micelle as MRI contrast agent with high longitudinal relaxivity

Qingda Yan, Xue Dong, Rongze Xie, Xiufang Xu, Xiaoyan Wang, Ke Zhang, Jingya Xia, Jun Ling, Fei Zhou and Jihong Sun

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2021, 58, 175
DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2020.1840918

Bridging the gap: Polymer materials with controlled architecture and precise functionalization to overcome biofouling challenges for biosensing, drug delivery, and bioseparation

Andrew J. Trowbridge, Nigel T. Bennett, Thomas M. Reimer and Kaiyu X. Fu

Polymer, 2024, 307, 127230
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2024.127230

Synthesis of Side-Chain Modified Polypeptides

Timothy J. Deming

Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 786
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00292

Polymer hydrogels for glutathione-mediated protein release

Bethan S. McAvan, Mthulisi Khuphe and Paul D. Thornton

European Polymer Journal, 2017, 87, 468
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.09.032

Synthesis & characterization of amino acid-based acrylamide derived amphiphilic block copolymer using a new xanthate and its influence on cell cytotoxicity & cell viability

Shere Afgan, Krishtan Pal, Arti Srivastava, Koushik Nandy, Paramjeet Yadav, Sheetal Jaiswal, Rajan Singh, Rakesh K. Singh and Rajesh Kumar

European Polymer Journal, 2023, 186, 111853
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2023.111853

Hydroxyl Group Tolerated Polymerization of N-Substituted Glycine N-Thiocarboxyanhydride Mediated by Aminoalcohols: A Simple Way to α-Hydroxyl-ω-aminotelechelic Polypeptoids

Xinfeng Tao, Botuo Zheng, Tianwen Bai, Baoku Zhu and Jun Ling

Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 3066
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00309

Engineered Polypeptides as a Tool for Controlling Catalytic Active Janus Particles

Marola W. Issa, Diego Calderon, Olivia Kamlet, Sogol Asaei, Julie N. Renner and Christopher L. Wirth

ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2023, 1, 1983
DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00263

Versatile Surgical Adhesive and Hemostatic Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Application of Thermoresponsive Polypeptides

Dedai Lu, Hongsen Wang, Ting’e Li, Yunfei Li, Xiangya Wang, Pengfei Niu, Hongyun Guo, Shaobo Sun, Xiaoqi Wang, Xiaolin Guan, Hengchang Ma and Ziqiang Lei

Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 5493
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00255

Linear and cyclic poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline)s for fine control of thermoresponsiveness

Yongseok Jung, Joo-Ho Kim and Woo-Dong Jang

European Polymer Journal, 2017, 88, 605
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.09.003

Synthesis of Hybrid-Polypeptides m-PEO-b-poly(His-co-Gly) and m-PEO-b-poly(His-co-Ala) and Study of Their Structure and Aggregation. Influence of Hydrophobic Copolypeptides on the Properties of Poly(L-histidine)

Dimitrios Skoulas, Dimitra Stavroulaki, Konstantinos Santorinaios and Hermis Iatrou

Polymers, 2017, 9, 564
DOI: 10.3390/polym9110564

Conformation-Switchable Polypeptides as Molecular Gates for Controllable Drug Release

Chenglong Ge, Jianyin He, Mudan Gan, Yu Qian, Junliang Zhu, Fan Wu, Ziyuan Song and Lichen Yin

Biomacromolecules, 2024, 25, 3373
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00024

Sugar‐Coated Nanobullet: Growth Inhibition of Cancer Cells Induced by Metformin‐Loaded Glyconanoparticles

Ruo‐Can Qian, Jian Lv, Hao‐Wen Li and Yi‐Tao Long

ChemMedChem, 2017, 12, 1823
DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700583

Oxygen-Generating Organic/Inorganic Self-Assembled Nanocolloids for Tumor-Activated Dual-Model Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy

Yan Fu, Moon-Sun Jang, Changling Liu, Yi Li, Jung Hee Lee and Hong Yu Yang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 36013
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c07008

Selective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Non‐Strained γ‐Butyrolactone Catalyzed by A Cyclic Trimeric Phosphazene Base

Na Zhao, Chuanli Ren, Huaike Li, Yunxin Li, Shaofeng Liu and Zhibo Li

Angewandte Chemie, 2017, 129, 13167
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201707122

Chemical synthesis of biomimetic hydrogels for tissue engineering

Ying Hao, Eric W Fowler and Xinqiao Jia

Polymer International, 2017, 66, 1787
DOI: 10.1002/pi.5407

Self-assembled diphenylalanine peptide microtubes covered by reduced graphene oxide/spiky nickel nanocomposite: An integrated nanobiomaterial for multifunctional applications

M.S. Ivanov, V.A. Khomchenko, M. Salimian, T. Nikitin, S. Kopyl, A.M. Buryakov, E.D. Mishina, F. Salehli, P.A.A.P. Marques, G. Goncalves, R. Fausto, J.A. Paixão and A.L. Kholkin

Materials & Design, 2018, 142, 149
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.01.018

Brief Timelapse on Dendrimer Chemistry: Advances, Limitations, and Expectations

Catia Ornelas

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2016, 217, 149
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500393

Synthesis and UCST-type phase behavior of OEGylated poly(γ-benzyl-l-glutamate) in organic media

Mengxiang Zhu, Yanzhi Xu, Chenglong Ge, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 1348
DOI: 10.1002/pola.27982

Preparation and solution properties of helical sulfonium-based polypeptides and their polyelectrolyte complexes

Fei Xu, Ruizhong Xue, Fangping Yang, Hao Liu, Xu Zhang, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

European Polymer Journal, 2021, 149, 110390
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110390

Phototriggered Ring-Opening Polymerization of a Photocaged l-Lysine N-Carboxyanhydride to Synthesize Hyperbranched and Linear Polypeptides

Pan Li and Chang-Ming Dong

ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 292
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00167

Degradability and Clearance of Silicon, Organosilica, Silsesquioxane, Silica Mixed Oxide, and Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

Jonas G. Croissant, Yevhen Fatieiev and Niveen M. Khashab

Advanced Materials, 2017, 29
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604634

Development of l-Amino-Acid-Based Hydroxyl Functionalized Biodegradable Amphiphilic Polyesters and Their Drug Delivery Capabilities to Cancer Cells

Sonashree Saxena and Manickam Jayakannan

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 171
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01124

Functional Glycopolypeptides: Synthesis and Biomedical Applications

Zhao Wang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Qing Lin, Jingjing Sun, Santanu Bhattachaya, Guosong Chen and Ruilong Sheng

Advances in Polymer Technology, 2020, 2020, 1
DOI: 10.1155/2020/6052078

Recent Advances and Future Perspectives of Synthetic Polypeptides from N-Carboxyanhydrides

Ziyuan Song, Zhengzhong Tan and Jianjun Cheng

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 8521
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01450

Hydroxyproline-derived biomimetic and biodegradable polymers

Zi-You Tian, Shuo Wang and Hua Lu

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2021, 25, 100902
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2021.100902

A Concise Approach to Site-Specific Topological Protein–Poly(amino acid) Conjugates Enabled by in Situ-Generated Functionalities

Yingqin Hou, Jingsong Yuan, Yu Zhou, Jin Yu and Hua Lu

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10995
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05413

Postpolymerization Modification: A Powerful Tool for the Synthesis and Function Tuning of Stimuli‐Responsive Polymers

Xu Chen and Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2022, 223
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202100370

Amphiphilic bromelain-synthesized oligo-phenylalanine grafted with methoxypolyethylene glycol possessing stabilizing thermo-responsive emulsion properties

Feng Wang, Jinwen Zhu, Tingting Yan, Xiaomei Pei, Fuming Zhang and Robert J. Linhardt

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 538, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.11.082

Dual stimuli‐responsive polypeptide prepared by thiol‐ene click reaction of poly(l‐cysteine) and N, N‐dimethylaminoethyl acrylate

Yan Xiao, Chenna Tang, Yang Chen and Meidong Lang

Biopolymers, 2019, 110
DOI: 10.1002/bip.23318

Synthesis of Y-Shaped OEGylated Poly(amino acid)s: The Impact of OEG Architecture

Shixue Wang, Wenjing He, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20, 1655
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00026

Development of l-Lysine Based Biodegradable Polyurethanes and Their Dual-Responsive Amphiphilic Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

Dheeraj Chandra Joshi, Sonashree Saxena and Manickam Jayakannan

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2019, 1, 1866
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00413

Autonomous In Vivo Computation in Internet of Nano Bio Things

Muhammad Ali, Yifan Chen and Michael J. Cree

IEEE Internet Things J., 2022, 9, 6134
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3111089

Polymerization of N-Substituted Glycine N-Thiocarboxyanhydride through Regioselective Initiation of Cysteamine: A Direct Way toward Thiol-Capped Polypeptoids

Xinfeng Tao, Botuo Zheng, Tianwen Bai, Min-Hui Li and Jun Ling

Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 4494
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00259

Synthesis and UCST-type phase behaviors of OEGylated random copolypeptides in alcoholic solvents

Mengxiang Zhu, Wenjun Liu, Jiang Xiao, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 3444
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28232

Structure and Oxidation Effects on Conformation and Thermoresponsiveness of the OEGylated Poly(glutamic acid)-Bearing Side-Chain Thioether Linkers

Xueyuan Chen, Junyang Zhong, Xinlin Jiang, Ziqing He, Yusi Quan, Songjing Zhong, Guangji Li and Yugang Huang

Langmuir, 2021, 37, 1288
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03351

Dynamic Titania Nanotube Surface Achieves UV-Triggered Charge Reversal and Enhances Cell Differentiation

Jun Bai, Xingang Zuo, Xue Feng, Yunfeng Sun, Qunzi Ge, Xuemei Wang and Changyou Gao

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 36939
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b11536

A moisture-tolerant route to unprotected α/β-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides and facile synthesis of hyperbranched polypeptides

Zi-You Tian, Zhengchu Zhang, Shuo Wang and Hua Lu

Nat Commun, 2021, 12
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25689-y

A Flocculation–Adsorption Self-Coupled System for Wastewater Treatment with the Aim of Water Reuse

Tingting Wei, Tingmin Ran, Wei Zhao and Bin Dai

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2022, 61, 18057
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03108

Stimuli-responsive peptide-based biomaterials as drug delivery systems

Afzal Shah, Maria Saleem Malik, Gul Shahzada Khan, Erum Nosheen, Faiza Jan Iftikhar, Farman Ali Khan, Shyam S. Shukla, Mohamed Salim Akhter, Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz and Tejraj M. Aminabhavi

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 353, 559
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.07.126

Effect of tethered sheet-like motif and asymmetric topology on hydrogelation of star-shaped block copolypeptides

Ching-Chia Huang, Thi Ha My Phan, Tooru Ooya, Shiho Kawasaki, Bi-Yun Lin and Jeng-Shiung Jan

Polymer, 2022, 250, 124864
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124864

Stimuli‐Responsive Functional Polymeric Materials: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Subrata Dolui, Bhanendra Sahu and Sanjib Banerjee

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2025, 226
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202400472

Targeted embolization and chemotherapy for solid tumors by microenvironment-responsive poly(amino acid)s

Yong Han, Zhenpeng Chen, Jiachen Wang, Yuanyuan Jin, Hengchang Ma, Zhiwang Yang, Yongdong Zhang, Mingzhong Ma, Ziqiang Lei and Dedai Lu

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2024, 61, 79
DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2023.2296632

Polypeptide-based drug delivery systems for programmed release

Xu Wang, Ziyuan Song, Shiqi Wei, Guonan Ji, Xuetao Zheng, Zihuan Fu and Jianjun Cheng

Biomaterials, 2021, 275, 120913
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120913

Mini Review on Helical Polymers for Disease Treatment and Tissue Repair

Qian Wang, Xiang‐huan Shan, Xin Shen, Meng‐Xue Chen, Xi‐Yu Yue, Hong‐Yu Zhang and Zong‐Quan Wu

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2026
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202500906

Enzyme-Activatable Interferon–Poly(α-amino acid) Conjugates for Tumor Microenvironment Potentiation

Hao Wang, Yingqin Hou, Yali Hu, Jiaxiang Dou, Youqing Shen, Yucai Wang and Hua Lu

Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20, 3000
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00560

Thermal and redox dual responsive poly(L-glutamate) with oligo(ethylene glycol) side-chains

Xiao-hui Fu, Yi-nan Ma, Jing Sun and Zhi-bo Li

Chin J Polym Sci, 2016, 34, 1436
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-016-1861-x

Injectable Hydrogels for Cancer Therapy over the Last Decade

Giuseppe Cirillo, Umile Gianfranco Spizzirri, Manuela Curcio, Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta and Francesca Iemma

Pharmaceutics, 2019, 11, 486
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090486

Synthesis of AIE polyethylene glycol-block-polypeptide bioconjugates and cell uptake assessments of their self-assembled nanoparticles

Mingguang Yu, Songjing Zhong, Yusi Quan, Houhe Liu, Junyang Zhong, Xinlin Jiang, Yisi Wang, Guodong Ye, Chunping Ma and Yugang Huang

Dyes and Pigments, 2019, 170, 107640
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107640

Self-Coupled Flocculation-Adsorption System for Treatment and Reuse Of Dyeing Wastewater

Tingting Wei and Bing Dai

SSRN Journal, 2022
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4072291

Polypeptide-Based Systems: From Synthesis to Application in Drug Delivery

Mariia Stepanova, Alexey Nikiforov, Tatiana Tennikova and Evgenia Korzhikova-Vlakh

Pharmaceutics, 2023, 15, 2641
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15112641

Fine tuning the assembly and gel behaviors of PEGylated polypeptide conjugates by the copolymerization of l‐alanine and γ‐benzyl‐l‐glutamate N‐carboxyanhydrides

Yumin Zhang, Huijuan Song, Hao Zhang, Pingsheng Huang, Jinjian Liu, Liping Chu, Jianfeng Liu, Weiwei Wang, Zhen Cheng and Deling Kong

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 1512
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28516

Dual thermal- and pH-responsive polypeptide-based hydrogels

Fan-dong Meng, Yun-xia Ni, Si-fan Ji, Xiao-hui Fu, Yu-han Wei, Jing Sun and Zhi-bo Li

Chin J Polym Sci, 2017, 35, 1243
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-017-1959-9

Biomimetic Capsid‐Like Nanoshells Self‐Assembled from Homopolypeptides

Shuo Qi and Xiaohua He

Chemistry A European J, 2024, 30
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401990

Ionic (Co)Organocatalyst with (Thio)Urea Anion and Tetra‑n‑butyl Ammonium Cation for the Polymerization of γ‐Butyrolactone

Ge Fang, Wang Zhe, Zhu Yanyun and Wang Xiaowu

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2020, 221
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202000172

Controlled Synthesis and Enzyme-Induced Hydrogelation of Poly(l-phosphotyrosine)s via Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydride

Yunlong Sun, Yingqin Hou, Xuhao Zhou, Jingsong Yuan, Jingyu Wang and Hua Lu

ACS Macro Lett., 2015, 4, 1000
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00429

Poly(amino acid)-based drug delivery nanoparticles eliminate Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus via tunable release of antibiotic

Haofei Li, Longlong Yang, Wenli Feng, Weilin Liu, Meng Wang, Fang Liu, Guofeng Li and Xing Wang

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2024, 239, 113882
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2024.113882

Cooperative Covalent Polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides: from Kinetic Studies to Efficient Synthesis of Polypeptide Materials

Wanying Wang, Hailin Fu, Yao Lin, Jianjun Cheng and Ziyuan Song

Acc. Mater. Res., 2023, 4, 604
DOI: 10.1021/accountsmr.3c00046

ChemInform Abstract: Biodegradable Stimuli‐Responsive Polypeptide Materials Prepared by Ring Opening Polymerization

Yong Shen, Xiaohui Fu, Wenxin Fu and Zhibo Li

ChemInform, 2015, 46
DOI: 10.1002/chin.201515361

Injectable Bioresponsive Gel Depot for Enhanced Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Shuangjiang Yu, Chao Wang, Jicheng Yu, Jinqiang Wang, Yue Lu, Yuqi Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Quanyin Hu, Wujin Sun, Chaoliang He, Xuesi Chen and Zhen Gu

Advanced Materials, 2018, 30
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201801527

Synthesis of poly(Asparagine-co-phenylalanine) copolymers, analogy with thermosensitive poly(acrylamide-co-styrene) copolymers and formation of PEGylated nanoparticles

Amaury Bossion and Julien Nicolas

European Polymer Journal, 2020, 140, 110033
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.110033

α-Amino acid N-thiocarboxyanhydrides: A novel synthetic approach toward poly(α-amino acid)s

Xinfeng Tao, Min-Hui Li and Jun Ling

European Polymer Journal, 2018, 109, 26
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.08.039

Physicochemical Stimulus-Responsive Systems Targeted with Antibody Derivatives

Rezvan Mohammadi, Sepideh Ghani, Roghaye Arezumand, Shohreh Farhadi, Yalda Khazaee-poul, Bahram Kazemi, Fatemeh Yarian, Somaye Noruzi, Abbas Alibakhshi, Mahsa Jalili and Shahin Aghamiri

CMM, 2024, 24, 1250
DOI: 10.2174/1566524023666230818093016

Versatile Nano‐PROTAC‐Induced Epigenetic Reader Degradation for Efficient Lung Cancer Therapy

Huan‐Tian Zhang, Rui Peng, Sheng Chen, Ao Shen, Lixin Zhao, Wang Tang, Xiao‐He Wang, Zhen‐Yan Li, Zhen‐Gang Zha, Mengmeng Yi and Lingmin Zhang

Advanced Science, 2022, 9
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202039

Pharmapolymers in the 21st century: Synthetic polymers in drug delivery applications

Christoph Englert, Johannes C. Brendel, Tobias C. Majdanski, Turgay Yildirim, Stephanie Schubert, Michael Gottschaldt, Norbert Windhab and Ulrich S. Schubert

Progress in Polymer Science, 2018, 87, 107
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2018.07.005

Functional architectures based on self-assembly of bio-inspired dipeptides: Structure modulation and its photoelectronic applications

Chengjun Chen, Kai Liu, Junbai Li and Xuehai Yan

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2015, 225, 177
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2015.09.001

Controlled metal‐free polymerization toward well‐defined thermoresponsive polypeptides by polymerization at low temperature

Yuanzhang Jiang, Shixue Wang, Xiaojie Zhang, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 2618
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28140

Precision synthesis of sustainable thermoplastic elastomers from lysine‐derived monomers

Shanshan Liu, Xiaojie Zhang, Maosheng Li, Xiuyan Ren and Youhua Tao

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 349
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28394

Revolutionizing neural regeneration with smart responsive materials: Current insights and future prospects

Hongxia Gao, Huoyun Shen, Xunrui Zhang, Yaqiong Liu, Yuqing Shang, Shaolan Sun, Wenchao Guan, Xiaosong Gu, Yumin Yang and Guicai Li

Bioactive Materials, 2025, 52, 393
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.06.003

Biomolecule‐Functionalized Solid‐State Ion Nanochannels/Nanopores: Features and Techniques

Defang Ding, Pengcheng Gao, Qun Ma, Dagui Wang and Fan Xia

Small, 2019, 15
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804878

Development of bioactive materials for glioblastoma therapy

Jun Yang, Yan Li, Tianlu Zhang and Xin Zhang

Bioactive Materials, 2016, 1, 29
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2016.03.003

Stimuli-Responsive Self-Assembly Disassembly in Peptide Amphiphiles to Endow Block-co-Fibers and Tunable Piezoelectric Response

Deepika Gupta, Varun Gupta, Debasish Nath, Chirag Miglani, Dipankar Mandal and Asish Pal

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 25110
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05469

Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Adaptable Self-Assembly of Peptides toward Advanced Biomaterials

Binbin Hu, Zhengwen Lian, Zhifei Zhou, Linqi Shi and Zhilin Yu

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2020, 3, 5529
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00758

Tunable LCST/UCST-Type Polypeptoids and Their Structure–Property Relationship

Xiaohui Fu, Chao Xing and Jing Sun

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 4980
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01177

OEGylated polypeptide bearing Y-Shaped pendants with a LCST close to body temperature: Synthesis and thermoresponsive properties

Xiongliang He, Rongtao Zhou, Chenglong Ge, Ying Ling, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 112, 547
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.10.011

Synthetic Control of Helical Polyisocyanates by Living Anionic Polymerization toward Peptide Mimicry

In Gyu Bak, Chang-Geun Chae and Jae-Suk Lee

Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 1923
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02160

Synthesis and Thermoresponsive Properties of Biocompatible and Biodegradable Triblock Copolymers Bearing Linear or Y‐Shaped OEG Pendants

Xiongliang He, Xiaodan Wang, Rongtao Zhou, Hua Lu, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2020, 221
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900421

Responsive Supramolecular Polymers for Diagnosis and Treatment

Mónica Martínez-Orts and Silvia Pujals

IJMS, 2024, 25, 4077
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25074077

Tunable Hydrogels with Improved Viscoelastic Properties from Hybrid Polypeptides

Dimitrios Skoulas, Gaetano Mangiapia, Daniele Parisi, Maria Kasimatis, Emmanouil Glynos, Efstratios Stratikos, Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Henrich Frielinghaus and Hermis Iatrou

Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 10786
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01596

Accelerated Ring‐Opening Polymerization of α‐Amino Acid N‐Carboxyanhydridevia Inorganic Nano‐initiators†

Junliang Zhu, Yunjie He, Chenglong Ge, Wenting Si, Ziyuan Song and Lichen Yin

Chin. J. Chem., 2023, 41, 2476
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300200

Advances and Biomedical Applications of Polypeptide Hydrogels Derived from α‐Amino Acid N‐Carboxyanhydride (NCA) Polymerizations

Xianfeng Zhou and Zhibo Li

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2018, 7
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201800020

Hierarchical tumor acidity-responsive self-assembled magnetic nanotheranostics for bimodal bioimaging and photodynamic therapy

Hong Yu Yang, Moon-Sun Jang, Yi Li, Yan Fu, Te Peng Wu, Jung Hee Lee and Doo Sung Lee

Journal of Controlled Release, 2019, 301, 157
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.03.019

Target Embolization Combined with Multimodal Thermal Ablation for Solid Tumors by Smart Poly(amino acid)s Nanocomposites

Lili Yu, Liyuan Xie, Zhengpeng Chen, Hongyun Guo, Yongdong Zhang, Haijun Wang, Rong Wang, Xing Zhou, Ziqiang Lei and Dedai Lu

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2023, 9, 2683
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01274

Polypeptide Single‐Chain Nanoparticle Derived Artificial Enzyme

Yongjia Yang, Hesong Wang, Song Hong, Haimei Zhu, Xiaojun Jiang, Linxin Ge, Yu‐ang Cui, Kai Yuan, Zhenzhong Yang and Bingyin Jiang

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2025, 14
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202502053

Development of Light-Responsive Poly(γ-Benzyl-L-Glutamate) as Photo Switches by a One-Step NCA Method

Pin Chen, Jingyang Kong, Xin Wang, Weiye Ma, Xia Yang, Yuqing Qin and Xiaohong Hu

Front. Chem., 2020, 8
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00591

Oligo(β-peptoid)s with Backbone Chirality from Aspartic Acid Derivatives: Synthesis and Property Investigation

Zheng Li, Xiaohui Fu, Saixi Huang, Jing Sun and Zhibo Li

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 33125
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04726

Interfacial Ring-Opening Polymerization of Amino-Acid-Derived N-Thiocarboxyanhydrides Toward Well-Defined Polypeptides

Jinbao Cao, David Siefker, Brandon A. Chan, Tianyi Yu, Lu Lu, Mirza A. Saputra, Frank R. Fronczek, Weiwei Xie and Donghui Zhang

ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 836
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00411

Triple redox/temperature responsive diselenide‐containing homopolypeptide micelles and supramolecular hydrogels thereof

Yuanfeng Gao and Chang‐Ming Dong

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2018, 56, 1067
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28984

Recent Advances in Stimuli‐Responsive Commodity Polymers

Siyang Wang, Qianhui Liu, Lei Li and Marek W. Urban

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2021, 42
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100054

ROS-Responsive Selenopolypeptide Micelles: Preparation, Characterization, and Controlled Drug Release

Chenglong Ge, Junliang Zhu, Guangqi Wu, Huan Ye, Hua Lu and Lichen Yin

Biomacromolecules, 2022, 23, 2647
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00399

NIPAm-Based Modification of Poly(L-lysine): A pH-Dependent LCST-Type Thermo-Responsive Biodegradable Polymer

Aggeliki Stamou, Hermis Iatrou and Constantinos Tsitsilianis

Polymers, 2022, 14, 802
DOI: 10.3390/polym14040802

Contrasting Properties of Polymeric Nanocarriers for MRI-Guided Drug Delivery

Natalia Łopuszyńska and Władysław P. Węglarz

Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 2163
DOI: 10.3390/nano13152163

Polylysine complexes and their biomedical applications

Haofang Zhu, Rui Liu, Yixuan Shang and Lingyun Sun

Engineered Regeneration, 2023, 4, 20
DOI: 10.1016/j.engreg.2022.11.001

Bifunctional Fluoroalcohol Catalysts Enabled Sustainable Synthesis of Poly(amino acid)s†

Wenjing He and Youhua Tao

Chin. J. Chem., 2021, 39, 2119
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100205

Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Responsive Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Qinghua Xu, Chaoliang He, Chunsheng Xiao and Xuesi Chen

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2016, 16, 635
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201500440

Fe3+@polyDOPA-b-polysarcosine, a T1-Weighted MRI Contrast Agent via Controlled NTA Polymerization

Yuedong Miao, Fengnan Xie, Jiayu Cen, Fei Zhou, Xinfeng Tao, Jingfeng Luo, Guocan Han, Xianglei Kong, Xiaoming Yang, Jihong Sun and Jun Ling

ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 693
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00287

Recent advances in the molecular engineering of synthetic polypeptides: Design, synthesis, functionality, and biological applications

Prabir Maity, Arjun Singh Bisht, Ankita Kumari and Raj Kumar Roy

Progress in Polymer Science, 2025, 171, 102040
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2025.102040

Phenyl Trimethylsilyl Sulfide-Mediated Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides

Jingsong Yuan, Yunlong Sun, Jingyu Wang and Hua Lu

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 891
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01588

Photoallosteric Polymersomes toward On‐Demand Drug Delivery and Multimodal Cancer Immunotherapy

Yi Zheng, Yang Liu, Zhongchao Wu, Chuan Peng, Zuojie Wang, Jingyue Yan, Yue Yan, Zifen Li, Congcong Liu, Jianxin Xue, Hong Tan, Qiang Fu and Mingming Ding

Advanced Materials, 2023, 35
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210986

From Impossible to Possible: Atom‐Economic Polymerization of Low Strain Five‐Membered Carbonates

Huai You, Enhao Wang, Han Cao, Chunwei Zhuo, Shunjie Liu, Xianhong Wang and Fosong Wang

Angewandte Chemie, 2022, 134
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113152

Amino Acid‐Derived Smart and Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Devendra Kumar, Bhanendra Sahu and Sanjib Banerjee

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2023, 224
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202300207

Advances in biodegradable and injectable hydrogels for biomedical applications

Yi Li, Hong Yu Yang and Doo Sung Lee

Journal of Controlled Release, 2021, 330, 151
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.12.008

Synthesis and characterization of micelles from thermal-responsive amphiphilic triblock polypeptoids as drug carrier

Zhifeng Qiu, Di Liu, Xiran Shen, Liugen Xu, Kang Yang, Lei Feng, Yangang Jiang, Yufei Qiao, Junhao Wen, Jianwei Lu, Rizwan Wahab, Amjad Ali and Li Guo

J Polym Res, 2024, 31
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-024-04082-5

Ag@polyDOPA-b-polysarcosine hybrid nanoparticles with antimicrobial properties from in-situ reduction and NTA polymerization

Jiayu Cen, Botuo Zheng, Yang Yang, Jindan Wu, Zhengwei Mao, Jun Ling and Guocan Han

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 121, 109269
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.109269

Crucial Impact of Residue Chirality on the Gelation Process and Biodegradability of Thermoresponsive Polypeptide Hydrogels

Dong Li, Dan Zhao, Chaoliang He and Xuesi Chen

Biomacromolecules, 2021, 22, 3992
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00785

Polypeptide-Grafted Nanodiamonds for Controlled Release of Melittin to Treat Breast Cancer

Haiwang Lai, Fan Chen, Mingxia Lu, Martina H. Stenzel and Pu Xiao

ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 796
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00389

Rapidly Thermoreversible and Biodegradable Polypeptide Hydrogels with Sol–Gel–Sol Transition Dependent on Subtle Manipulation of Side Groups

Dan Zhao, Dong Li, Fenli Quan, Yuhao Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Xuesi Chen and Chaoliang He

Biomacromolecules, 2021, 22, 3522
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00583

Macroporous Hydrogels Composed Entirely of Synthetic Polypeptides: Biocompatible and Enzyme Biodegradable 3D Cellular Scaffolds

Steven J. Shirbin, Fatemeh Karimi, Nicholas Jun-An Chan, Daniel E. Heath and Greg G. Qiao

Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, 2981
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00817

OEGylated Cyclodextrin-Based Polyrotaxanes Showing Remarkable Thermoresponsive Behavior and Photocontrolled Degradation

Apan Qian, Kun Liu, Peiyun Chen, Yi Yao, Jiatao Yan, Wen Li, Xiacong Zhang and Afang Zhang

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 3454
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00267

Amphiphilic polypeptide-polyoxazoline graft copolymer conjugate with tunable thermoresponsiveness: Synthesis and self-assembly into various micellar structures in aqueous and nonaqueous media

Avijit Bose, Somdeb Jana, Anupam Saha and Tarun K. Mandal

Polymer, 2017, 110, 12
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.12.068

Nucleic Acid Aptamers: An Emerging Tool for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sensing

Ti-Hsuan Ku, Tiantian Zhang, Hua Luo, Tony Yen, Ping-Wei Chen, Yuanyuan Han and Yu-Hwa Lo

Sensors, 2015, 15, 16281
DOI: 10.3390/s150716281

Salt- and pH-Triggered Helix–Coil Transition of Ionic Polypeptides under Physiology Conditions

Jingsong Yuan, Yi Zhang, Yue Sun, Zhicheng Cai, Lijiang Yang and Hua Lu

Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19, 2089
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00204

Synthetic Short Peptides for Rapid Fabrication of Monolayer Cell Sheets

Yinan Ma, Zhibo Li and Keiji Numata

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2, 697
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00113

Polymeric Nanoreactors as Emerging Nanoplatforms for Cancer Precise Nanomedicine

Xin Li, Xiaopeng Zhao, Runkai Lv, Linhui Hao, Fengwei Huo and Xikuang Yao

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021, 21
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202000424

Polypeptide‐Based Conjugates as Therapeutics: Opportunities and Challenges

Oleksandr Zagorodko, Juan José Arroyo‐Crespo, Vicent J. Nebot and María J. Vicent

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2017, 17
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201600316

Scale‐up Efficient Synthesis of α‐Poly(L‐lysine)†

Wenxiu Lv, Maosheng Li and Youhua Tao

Chin. J. Chem., 2023, 41, 2488
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300187

Triggered Copolypeptide Hydrogel Degradation Using Photolabile Lysine Protecting Groups

Graciela E. Negri and Timothy J. Deming

ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 1253
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00715

High Molecular‐Weight Cyclic Polyesters from Solvent‐Free Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Lactones with a Pyridyl‐Urea/MTBD

Rui Feng, Suyun Jie, Pierre Braunstein and Bo‐Geng Li

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2020, 221
DOI: 10.1002/macp.202000075

Non-cytotoxic poly(amino acid) with excellent thermo-sensitivity from L-lysine and L-aspartic acid as a hydrophobic drug carrier

Man Zhao, Zhihui Fan, Zhen Yang, Junlian Xu, Chang Zheng, Ying Yue, Hongmei Liu and Kuilin Deng

J Polym Res, 2017, 24
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-017-1329-x

Cancer Nanomedicines Based on Synthetic Polypeptides

Huanli Sun, Xiaolei Gu, Qiang Zhang, Hao Xu, Zhiyuan Zhong and Chao Deng

Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20, 4299
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01291

An Inspection into Multifarious Ways to Synthesize Poly(Amino Acid)s

Botuo Zheng, Tianwen Bai, Xinfeng Tao and Jun Ling

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2021, 42
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100453

Enhanced Light-Responsive Proton Conduction in MOF-808 via Cooperative Azobenzene and Ionic Liquid Functionalization

Guo-Qin Zhang, Jiang-Long Chen, Yu-Ting Han, Zhi-Yuan Liu, Hong-Bin Luo and Xiao-Ming Ren

Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 4702
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c05937

Polypeptide-Folded Artificial Ferroprotein Promotes Ferroptosis in Multiple Tumor Cells

Xiaojun Jiang, Qiqi Feng, Yongjia Yang, Linxin Ge, Yu-ang Cui, Ming Zhao and Bingyin Jiang

Biomacromolecules, 2025, 26, 288
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01112

Water-Soluble Copolypeptides with Oligo-Ethylene-Glycol and Benzyl Pendants: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermoresponsive Properties

Yu Yang, Yan Wu, Ruirui Li, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 69, 112
DOI: 10.1071/CH15276

Comparison of carboxybetaine with sulfobetaine polyaspartamides: Nonfouling properties, hydrophilicity, cytotoxicity and model nanogelation in an inverse miniemulsion

Sviatoslav Hladysh, Diana Oleshchuk, Jana Dvořáková, Ivana Šeděnková, Marcela Filipová, Zuzana Pobořilová, Jiří Pánek and Vladimír Proks

J of Applied Polymer Sci, 2022, 139
DOI: 10.1002/app.52099

Synthesis and Characterization of Star-Shaped Porphyrin-cored Poly(Glutamic Acid) Conjugates as Highly Efficient Photosensitizers

Xiao-Hui Dai, Wei-He Yang, Chuan Wu, Hua Jin, Dan-Dan Chang, Yi-Rong Dai, Jian-Ming Pan and Yong-Sheng Yan

J. Photopol. Sci. Technol., 2016, 29, 823
DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.29.823

Polylysine and its composites as a potent biomaterial for biomedical applications: a review

Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Krishnaveer Singh Jhala, Girdhar Pal Singh, Renu Rathore, Perumal Pannnersevam, Sara Simorgh and Sapana Jadoun

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025, 437, 128331
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128331

Ring-opening polymerization of representative carbocyclic and oxacyclic monomers: Versatile platform toward advanced functional polymers

Yan He, Zheng Li, Dongfang Zhao, Yong Shen, Wenxin Fu and Zhibo Li

Progress in Polymer Science, 2025, 160, 101921
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2024.101921

Tumor Noninvasive and Target Embolization Therapy Platform by Intravenous Injection Based on Acidic Microenvironment-Responsive Hyperbranched Poly(amino acid)s

Dedai Lu, Jiachen Wang, Yunfei Li, Yongyong Zhang, Lili Yu, Tingting Xu, Hongyun Guo, Yongdong Zhang, Xingdong Wang, Xiaoqi Wang, Gaojun Teng and Ziqiang Lei

ACS Cent. Sci., 2020, 6, 1977
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00506

Poly(α-l-lysine)-based nanomaterials for versatile biomedical applications: Current advances and perspectives

Maochao Zheng, Miao Pan, Wancong Zhang, Huanchang Lin, Shenlang Wu, Chao Lu, Shijie Tang, Daojun Liu and Jianfeng Cai

Bioactive Materials, 2021, 6, 1878
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.12.001

Sustainable Polyamides Enabled by Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of 4-Hydroxyproline-derived Lactams

Jian-Qun Wang, Xian-Hong Wang and You-Hua Tao

Chin J Polym Sci, 2023, 41, 728
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2871-5

Nitric Oxide-Biosignal-Responsive Polypeptide Nanofilaments

Renjie Liu, Miaomiao Xu and Qiang Yan

ACS Macro Lett., 2020, 9, 323
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00004

Biomimetic pegylated polypeptoids with thermoresponsive properties

Jiliang Tian, Jing Sun and Zhibo Li

Polymer, 2018, 138, 132
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.01.034

Peptide synthesis: a review of classical and emerging methods

Zhangping Cai, Liheng Liu, Chang Zou, Xin Jiang, Gang Wang, Xun He, Weihua Zhuang, Chengli Yang, Yongchao Yao, Xuping Sun, Chun Ye and Wenchuang (Walter) Hu

Biofabrication, 2026, 18, 012001
DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ae1bdc

Preparation and UCST-Type Phase Behaviours of Poly(?-4-methylbenzyl-l-glutamate) Pyridinium Tetrafluoroborate Conjugates in Methanol or Water

Sheng Liu, Chenglong Ge, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 70, 245
DOI: 10.1071/CH16344

Phenylboronic Acid-Functionalized Injectable Polypeptide Hydrogels with Responsive Drug Release

Ruoxue Wang, Bowen Yin, Yu Guo, Xiaoya Wu, Furou Lv, Xiongwei Qu and Xiuli Hu

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2024, 6, 11653
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.4c02438

Benzoic‐Imine‐Based Physiological‐pH‐Responsive Materials for Biomedical Applications

Xiaozhong Qu and Zhenzhong Yang

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2016, 11, 2633
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600452

Stimuli‐responsive polypeptide nanoassemblies: Recent progress and applications in cancer nanomedicine

Yingying Song, Yue Ding and Chang‐Ming Dong

WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol, 2022, 14
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1742

Biomedical polymers: synthesis, properties, and applications

Wei-Hai Chen, Qi-Wen Chen, Qian Chen, Chunyan Cui, Shun Duan, Yongyuan Kang, Yang Liu, Yun Liu, Wali Muhammad, Shiqun Shao, Chengqiang Tang, Jinqiang Wang, Lei Wang, Meng-Hua Xiong, Lichen Yin, Kuo Zhang, Zhanzhan Zhang, Xu Zhen, Jun Feng, Changyou Gao, Zhen Gu, Chaoliang He, Jian Ji, Xiqun Jiang, Wenguang Liu, Zhuang Liu, Huisheng Peng, Youqing Shen, Linqi Shi, Xuemei Sun, Hao Wang, Jun Wang, Haihua Xiao, Fu-Jian Xu, Zhiyuan Zhong, Xian-Zheng Zhang and Xuesi Chen

Sci. China Chem., 2022, 65, 1010
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1243-5

α-Amino acid N-carboxyanhydride (NCA)-derived synthetic polypeptides for nucleic acids delivery

Yong Liu and Lichen Yin

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021, 171, 139
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.12.007

Synthesis and Properties of UCST‐Type Thermo‐ and Light‐Responsive Homopolypeptides with Azobenzene Spacers and Imidazolium Pendants

Liang Zhao, Lin Zhang, Zelai Zheng, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2019, 220
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900061

S‐Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring‐Opening Polymerizations Towards Well‐defined Functionalized Polythioesters

Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Shixue Wang, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2021, 60, 10798
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016228

Peptide-based Self-assembly: Design, Bioactive Properties, and Its Applications

He Diao, Yunhua Lu, Yun Ling, Yingjie Shen, Jingmou Yu and Kun Ma

CPD, 2023, 29, 640
DOI: 10.2174/1381612829666230213152259

Synthesis and hydrogelation of star-shaped poly(l-lysine) polypeptides modified with different functional groups

Xuan-You Shen, Chen-Chi Tang and Jeng-Shiung Jan

Polymer, 2018, 151, 108
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.07.051

Thiourea-Promoted Controllable Interlocked Polymerization in Cocrystals of N-Thiocarboxyanhydrides

Chuanmeng Tang, Jiahao Liu, Zhuoyuan Zhang and Tianwen Bai

Biomacromolecules, 2025, 26, 8382
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5c01051

Stimuli‐Responsive Dipeptide–Protein Hydrogels through Schiff Base Coassembly

Tingting Yuan, Jinbo Fei, Youqian Xu, Xiaoke Yang and Junbai Li

Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2017, 38
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700408

A S-Sn Lewis Pair-Mediated Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides: Fast Kinetics, High Molecular Weight, and Facile Bioconjugation

Jingsong Yuan, Yi Zhang, Zezhou Li, Yaoyi Wang and Hua Lu

ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 892
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00465

Visual β‐Sheet‐to‐β‐Turn Transition in Luminescent Polymeric Vesicles for Color‐Reporting Drug Delivery

Zifen Li, Yang Liu, Yiwei Wang, Yi Zheng, Chuan Peng, Zuojie Wang, Yeqiang Zhou, Xiaohan Dong and Mingming Ding

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202503875

Injectable, Biomolecule-Responsive Polypeptide Hydrogels for Cell Encapsulation and Facile Cell Recovery through Triggered Degradation

Qinghua Xu, Chaoliang He, Zhen Zhang, Kaixuan Ren and Xuesi Chen

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 30692
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08292

A Comprehensive Outlook of Synthetic Strategies and Applications of Redox‐Responsive Nanogels in Drug Delivery

Parveen Kumar, Bo Liu and Gautam Behl

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2019, 19
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201900071

Rational Fabrication and Biomedical Application of Biomolecule‐Conjugated AIEgens through Click Reaction

Qiming Yuan, Yong Cheng, Xiaoding Lou and Fan Xia

Chin. J. Chem., 2019, 37, 1072
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900211

Visual β‐Sheet‐to‐β‐Turn Transition in Luminescent Polymeric Vesicles for Color‐Reporting Drug Delivery

Zifen Li, Yang Liu, Yiwei Wang, Yi Zheng, Chuan Peng, Zuojie Wang, Yeqiang Zhou, Xiaohan Dong and Mingming Ding

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202503875

SO2-Induced Solution Phase Transition of Water-Soluble and α-Helical Polypeptides

Mengxiang Zhu, Yan Wu, Chenglong Ge, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 3542
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00116

Preparation of Synthetic Polypeptide–PolyHIPE Hydrogels with Stimuli-Responsive Behavior

Ozgun Can Onder, Petra Utroša, Simon Caserman, Marjetka Podobnik, Ema Žagar and David Pahovnik

Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 8321
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01490

Esterase-Responsive Polypeptide Vesicles as Fast-Response and Sustained-Release Nanocompartments for Fibroblast-Exempt Drug Delivery

Weihua Duan, Sifan Ji, Yu Guan, Xueluer Mu, Sha Fang, Yingxi Lu, Xianfeng Zhou, Jing Sun and Zhibo Li

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 5093
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01251

Intrinsically Photopolymerizable Dynamic Polymers Derived from a Natural Small Molecule

Chen-Yu Shi, Qi Zhang, Bang-Sen Wang, Meng Chen and Da-Hui Qu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 44860
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c11679

Comparison of Thermoresponsive Behavior between Polyproline and Periodically Grafted Polyproline toward Hofmeister Ions: An Explanation of Its Conformational Origin

Arjun Singh Bisht, Prabir Maity and Raj Kumar Roy

Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 3922
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00410

One-Step Synthesis of Sequence-Defined Polypeptide-block-polyester by Lewis Pair-Catalyzed Chemo-Selective Copolymerization

Xiaoyan Fu, Xuming Lin, Mingqian Wang, Zhiqiang Ding, Guiqiu Ma, Bin Wang and Yuesheng Li

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 5691
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00432

Investigation on the Linker Length of Synthetic Zwitterionic Polypeptides for Improved Nonfouling Surfaces

Chong Zhang, Jianhua Lu, Yingqin Hou, Wei Xiong, Kai Sheng and Hua Lu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 17463
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02854

Narrow molecular weight margins for the thermogelling property of polyester–polyether block copolymers in aqueous solutions

John Garner, Justin Hadar, Sarah Skidmore, Faye Jessmon, Rebecca Immel, Amie Tyler and Kinam Park

J of Applied Polymer Sci, 2020, 137
DOI: 10.1002/app.48673

Preparation and stability of pegylated poly(S-alkyl-L-homocysteine) coacervate core micelles in aqueous media

Isaac Benavides, Wendell A. Scott, Xiaoying Cai, Z. Hong Zhou and Timothy J. Deming

Eur. Phys. J. E, 2023, 46
DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00339-x

Polypeptides Micelles Composed of Methoxy-Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Poly(l-Glutamic Acid)-Poly(l-Phenylalanine) Triblock Polymer for Sustained Drug Delivery

Xingzheng Liu, Rongrong Fan, Boting Lu and Yuan Le

Pharmaceutics, 2018, 10, 230
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10040230

Amino acid derived biopolymers: Recent advances and biomedical applications

Sachchidanand Soaham Gupta, Vivek Mishra, Maumita Das Mukherjee, Parveen Saini and Kumar Rakesh Ranjan

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, 188, 542
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.036

Polycations and their biomedical applications

Kyobum Kim, William C.W. Chen, Yunhoe Heo and Yadong Wang

Progress in Polymer Science, 2016, 60, 18
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2016.05.004

Modification of Poly(5,6-epoxy-l-norleucine) Gives Functional Polypeptides with Alternative Side-Chain Linkages

Pesach Perlin, Wendell A. Scott and Timothy J. Deming

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 126
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01065

Synthesis and cell imaging applications of amphiphilic AIE-active poly(amino acid)s

Jianwen Tian, Ruming Jiang, Peng Gao, Dazhuang Xu, Liucheng Mao, Guangjian Zeng, Meiying Liu, Fengjie Deng, Xiaoyong Zhang and Yen Wei

Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017, 79, 563
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2017.05.090

Ugi Reaction of Natural Amino Acids: A General Route toward Facile Synthesis of Polypeptoids for Bioapplications

Xiaojie Zhang, Shixue Wang, Jing Liu, Zhigang Xie, Shifang Luan, Chunsheng Xiao, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

ACS Macro Lett., 2016, 5, 1049
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00530

Protein-Mimetic Self-Assembly with Synthetic Macromolecules

Meredith H. Barbee, Zoe M. Wright, Benjamin P. Allen, Hailey F. Taylor, Emily F. Patteson and Abigail S. Knight

Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 3585
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02826

Role of Side-Chain Molecular Features in Tuning Lower Critical Solution Temperatures (LCSTs) of Oligoethylene Glycol Modified Polypeptides

Eric G. Gharakhanian and Timothy J. Deming

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 6096
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02065

From Impossible to Possible: Atom‐Economic Polymerization of Low Strain Five‐Membered Carbonates

Huai You, Enhao Wang, Han Cao, Chunwei Zhuo, Shunjie Liu, Xianhong Wang and Fosong Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2022, 61
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113152

Photocatalytic Sulfonylation: Innovations and Applications

An‐Xiang Huang, Rui Li, Qi‐Yan Lv and Bing Yu

Chemistry A European J, 2024, 30
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402416

Preparation of hybrid triple‐stimuli responsive nanogels based on poly(L‐histidine)

Panayiotis Bilalis, Spyridon Varlas, Aikaterini Kiafa, Athanassios Velentzas, Dimitrios Stravopodis and Hermis Iatrou

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 1278
DOI: 10.1002/pola.27971

Binary organocatalytic system for ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and δ-valerolactone: Synergetic effects for enhanced selectivity

Yunxin Li, Na Zhao, Chuanzhi Wei, Abin Sun, Shaofeng Liu and Zhibo Li

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 111, 11
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.12.012

Temperature-Responsive Molecular Assemblies Using Oligo(Ethylene Glycol)-Attached Polyamidoamine Dendron Lipids and their Functions as Drug Carriers

Takuya Hashimoto, Yuji Hirai, Eiji Yuba, Atsushi Harada and Kenji Kono

JFB, 2020, 11, 16
DOI: 10.3390/jfb11010016

Stimuli-Responsive Polypeptides for Biomedical Applications

DaeYong Lee, N. Sanoj Rejinold, Seong Dong Jeong and Yeu-Chun Kim

Polymers, 2018, 10, 830
DOI: 10.3390/polym10080830

Light- and Metal Ion-Induced Self-Assembly and Reassembly Based on Block Copolymers Containing a Photoresponsive Polypeptide Segment

Sifan Ji, Lili Xu, Xiaohui Fu, Jing Sun and Zhibo Li

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 4686
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00475

Poly (amino acids) towards sensing: Recent progress and challenges

Houman Kholafazad Kordasht, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Farzad Seidi and Parastoo Mohammad Alizadeh

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 140, 116279
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116279

Selective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Non‐Strained γ‐Butyrolactone Catalyzed by A Cyclic Trimeric Phosphazene Base

Na Zhao, Chuanli Ren, Huaike Li, Yunxin Li, Shaofeng Liu and Zhibo Li

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2017, 56, 12987
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707122

Thermoresponsive Dendronized Polypeptides Showing Switchable Recognition to Catechols

Jiatao Yan, Kun Liu, Wen Li, Huang Shi and Afang Zhang

Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 510
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02259

Thermosensitive and photocleavable polyaspartamide derivatives for drug delivery

Xiao Du, Yibo Jiang, Renxi Zhuo and Xulin Jiang

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 2855
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28171

NAM-TMS Mechanism of α-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydride Polymerization: A DFT Study

Tianwen Bai and Jun Ling

J. Phys. Chem. A, 2017, 121, 4588
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b04278

Preparation and properties of reversible hydrogels based on triblock poly(amino acid)s with tunable pH‐responsivity across a broad range

Dedai Lu, Yongyong Zhang, Yunfei Li, Chen Luo, Xiangya Wang, Xiaolin Guan, Hengchang Ma, Xiaolong Zhao, Qiangbing Wei and Ziqiang Lei

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 207
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28375

Conformation-Directed Micelle-to-Vesicle Transition of Cholesterol-Decorated Polypeptide Triggered by Oxidation

Hang Liu, Rui Wang, Jing Wei, Cheng Cheng, Yi Zheng, Yue Pan, Xueling He, Mingming Ding, Hong Tan and Qiang Fu

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 6604
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01873

Synthesis and thermoresponsive properties of poly(l-cysteine)s bearing imidazolium salts

Jiang Xiao, Minjie Li, Wenjun Liu, Yin Li, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

European Polymer Journal, 2017, 88, 340
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.01.036

Helix-specific properties and applications in synthetic polypeptides

Ning Li, Yuheng Lei, Ziyuan Song and Lichen Yin

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2023, 27, 101104
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2023.101104

SO2, temperature, and oxidation multi-responsive homopolypeptide: Synthesis, characterization, and exploration of their potential applications

Minjie Li, Zelai Zheng, Liwei Sun, Ying Ling, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

European Polymer Journal, 2018, 109, 523
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.10.029

Multi-Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Materials: Particles, Films, and Bulk Gels

Zi-Quan Cao and Guo-Jie Wang

The Chemical Record, 2016, 16, 1398
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201500281

Synthesis of Polypeptides with High-Fidelity Terminal Functionalities under NCA Monomer-Starved Conditions

Lei Li, Jie Cen, Wenhao Pan, Yuben Zhang, Xuanxi Leng, Zhengqi Tan, Hao Yin and Shiyong Liu

Research, 2021, 2021
DOI: 10.34133/2021/9826046

Synthesis and anti-fouling properties of zwitterionic poly(l-glutamic acid)

Sviatoslav Hladysh, Jana Dvořáková and Vladimír Proks

Macromol. Res., 2023, 31, 593
DOI: 10.1007/s13233-023-00145-6

Poly(Acryloyl-l-Serine): A Reactive Polypeptide to Introduce Zwitterion and Amphiphilicity for Stimuli-Responsiveness and Gelability

Priyanka Dinda, Joy Das, Mahammad Anas and Tarun K. Mandal

Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 1699
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02313

Positively charged polypeptide nanogel enhances mucoadhesion and penetrability of 10-hydroxycamptothecin in orthotopic bladder carcinoma

Hui Guo, Weiguo Xu, Jinjin Chen, Lesan Yan, Jianxun Ding, Yuchuan Hou and Xuesi Chen

Journal of Controlled Release, 2017, 259, 136
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.12.041

Preparation and Properties of UCST‐Type Thermoresponsive Polypeptide Bearing Amide Pendants

Linjie Huang, Liwei Sun, Congping Zhou, Ying Ling, Hua Lu, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2020, 221
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900549

An Injectable ROS‐Responsive Self‐Healing Hydrogel Based on tetra‐poly(ethylene glycol)‐b‐oligo(l‐methionine)

Dinglei Zhao, Qiang Zhou, Kaixiang Yang, Haiyang Yang, Quan Tang and Xingyuan Zhang

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2019, 220
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900106

Preparation and Thermoresponsive Properties of UCST‐Type Polypeptide Bearing p‐Tolyl Pendants and 3‐Methyl‐1,2,3‐triazolium Linkages in Methanol or Ethanol/Water Solvent Mixtures

Minjie Li, Yanzhi Xu, Tingting Liu, Yin Li, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2017, 218
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700006

Protein PEPylation: A New Paradigm of Protein–Polymer Conjugation

Yingqin Hou and Hua Lu

Bioconjugate Chem., 2019, 30, 1604
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00236

Robust and smart polypeptide-based nanomedicines for targeted tumor therapy

Chao Deng, Qiang Zhang, Jiakun Guo, Xiaofei Zhao and Zhiyuan Zhong

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2020, 160, 199
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.10.019

Thermosensitive Polypeptide Hydrogels as a Platform for ROS‐Triggered Cargo Release with Innate Cytoprotective Ability under Oxidative Stress

Qinghua Xu, Chaoliang He, Kaixuan Ren, Chunsheng Xiao and Xuesi Chen

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2016, 5, 1979
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201600292

Chirality-Governed UCST Behavior in Polypeptides

Yali Liu, Chuanzhuang Zhao and Chongyi Chen

Macromolecules, 2022, 55, 3801
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00291

Synthesis of Well-defined Poly(tetrahydrofuran)-b-Poly(a-amino acid)s via Cationic Ring-opening Polymerization (ROP) of Tetrahydrofuran and Nucleophilic ROP of N-thiocarboxyanhydrides

Peng Zhou, Xuan-Geng Dai, Jie Kong and Jun Ling

Chin J Polym Sci, 2021, 39, 702
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2539-6

Synthesis and Properties of Mono- or Diamine-Initiated Imidazolium-Based Cationic Polypeptides

Zuowen Shi, Xu Zhang, Xiaodan Wang, Fangping Yang, Zikun Yu, Ying Ling, Hua Lu, Shifang Luan and Haoyu Tang

Biomacromolecules, 2020, 21, 3468
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00953

Regulation of the cellular uptake of nanoparticles by the orientation of helical polypeptides

Chong Zhang, Jianhua Lu, Falin Tian, Lindong Li, Yingqin Hou, Yaoyi Wang, Lingdong Sun, Xinghua Shi and Hua Lu

Nano Res., 2019, 12, 889
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2319-6

Copolymerization of aziridines and cyclic anhydrides by metal-free catalysis strategy

Tian Xia, Tian-Jun Yue, Ge-Ge Gu, Zhao-Qian Wan, Zong-Lin Li and Wei-Min Ren

European Polymer Journal, 2020, 136, 109900
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109900

Polypeptides–Drug Conjugates for Anticancer Therapy

Yu Zhang, Pan He, Peng Zhang, Xuan Yi, Chunsheng Xiao and Xuesi Chen

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2021, 10
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001974

High Molecular Weight Polyproline as a Potential Biosourced Ice Growth Inhibitor: Synthesis, Ice Recrystallization Inhibition, and Specific Ice Face Binding

Nicola Judge, Panagiotis G. Georgiou, Akalabya Bissoyi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Andreas Heise and Matthew I. Gibson

Biomacromolecules, 2023, 24, 2459
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01487

New Insights on the Chemical Origin of Life: The Role of Aqueous Polymerization of N‐carboxyanhydrides (NCA)

Abel Moreno and Colin Bonduelle

ChemPlusChem, 2024, 89
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300492

S‐Carboxyanhydrides: Ultrafast and Selective Ring‐Opening Polymerizations Towards Well‐defined Functionalized Polythioesters

Yanchao Wang, Maosheng Li, Shixue Wang, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 133, 10893
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202016228

Stimuli‐Triggered Sol–Gel Transitions of Polypeptides Derived from α‐Amino Acid N‐Carboxyanhydride (NCA) Polymerizations

Xun He, Jingwei Fan and Karen L. Wooley

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2016, 11, 437
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500957

Synthesis and Comprehensive Characterization of Amino Acid-Derived Vinyl Monomer Gels

Claire Beddok, Alicia Zimmer, Carole Calas Blanchard and Gad Fuks

ACS Omega, 2024, 9, 45053
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c05246

Design and applications of polymer-like peptides in biomedical nanogels

Iordana Neamtu, Alina Ghilan, Alina Gabriela Rusu, Loredana Elena Nita, Vlad Mihai Chiriac and Aurica P. Chiriac

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2024, 21, 713
DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2024.2364651

Block length and topology affect self-assembly and gelation of poly(l-lysine)-block-poly(S-benzyl-l-cysteine) block copolypeptides

Chen-Chi Tang, Song-Hao Zhang, Thi Ha My Phan, Yu-Chao Tseng and Jeng-Shiung Jan

Polymer, 2021, 228, 123891
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123891

Recent Advances in Poly(α-L-glutamic acid)-Based Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery

Yu Zhang, Wenliang Song, Yiming Lu, Yixin Xu, Changping Wang, Deng-Guang Yu and Il Kim

Biomolecules, 2022, 12, 636
DOI: 10.3390/biom12050636

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Oligo(l‐cysteine) for Use as a Thermostable Bio‐Based Material

Yinan Ma, Ryota Sato, Zhibo Li and Keiji Numata

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2016, 16, 151
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201500255

Nonstrained γ-Butyrolactone to High-Molecular-Weight Poly(γ-butyrolactone): Facile Bulk Polymerization Using Economical Ureas/Alkoxides

Limiao Lin, Dongmei Han, Jiaxiang Qin, Shuanjin Wang, Min Xiao, Luyi Sun and Yuezhong Meng

Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 9317
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01860

Smart nanoparticles for responsive drug delivery in Diabetes: Advances, Challenges, and future Perspectives

Negin Karimzadeh Bajgiran, Yavar Ahmadi and Sima Majidi

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2025, 681, 125817
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125817

Effect of Polymer Topology and Residue Chirality on Biodegradability of Polypeptide Hydrogels

Dong Li, Shun Shi, Dan Zhao, Yan Rong, Yuhao Zhou, Junfeng Ding, Chaoliang He and Xuesi Chen

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2022, 8, 626
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01127

Unusual light-tunable thermoresponsive behavior of OEGylated homopolypeptide with azobenzene and thioether spacers

Lin Zhang, Liang Zhao, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 111, 38
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.12.013

Heparin-like anticoagulant polypeptides with tunable activity: Synthesis, characterization, anticoagulative properties and clot solubilities in vitro

Dedai Lu, Yuanyuan Jin, Xiangya Wang, Liyuan Xie, Qianqian Liu, Yamin Chen, Hui Wang and Ziqiang Lei

Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021, 129, 112405
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112405

pH‐ and Temperature‐responsive Hydrogels Based on Tertiary Amine‐modified Polypeptides for Stimuli‐responsive Drug Delivery

Zhiqiang Lin, Junfeng Ding, Xuesi Chen and Chaoliang He

Chemistry An Asian Journal, 2023, 18
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300021

Thermoresponsive Polymer and Fluorescent Dye Hybrids for Tunable Multicolor Emission

Joo‐Ho Kim, Yongseok Jung, Dajung Lee and Woo‐Dong Jang

Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 3499
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600043

Sialic acid-triggered macroscopic properties switching on a smart polymer surface

Yuting Xiong, Minmin Li, Hongxi Wang, Guangyan Qing and Taolei Sun

Applied Surface Science, 2018, 427, 1152
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.08.150

The Length of Hydrophobic Chain in Amphiphilic Polypeptides Regulates the Efficiency of Gene Delivery

Ying Zhang, Zhiping Zhou and Mingsheng Chen

Polymers, 2018, 10, 379
DOI: 10.3390/polym10040379

Nickel-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenative coupling of alkane with thiol for C(sp3)-S bond formation

Shengping Liu, Shengnan Jin, Hao Wang, Zaojuan Qi, Xiaoxue Hu, Bo Qian and Hanmin Huang

Tetrahedron Letters, 2021, 68, 152950
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.152950

Natural monomers: A mine for functional and sustainable materials – Occurrence, chemical modification and polymerization

George John, Subbiah Nagarajan, Praveen Kumar Vemula, Julian R. Silverman and C.K.S. Pillai

Progress in Polymer Science, 2019, 92, 158
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2019.02.008

Advances in Stimuli‐Responsive Polypeptide Nanogels

Zhongyu Jiang, Jinjin Chen, Liguo Cui, Xiuli Zhuang, Jianxun Ding and Xuesi Chen

Small Methods, 2018, 2
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.201700307

cRGD-decorated biodegradable polytyrosine nanoparticles for robust encapsulation and targeted delivery of doxorubicin to colorectal cancer in vivo

Xiaolei Gu, Yaohua Wei, Qianyi Fan, Huanli Sun, Ru Cheng, Zhiyuan Zhong and Chao Deng

Journal of Controlled Release, 2019, 301, 110
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.03.005

Synthesis and UCST-type phase behavior of polypeptide with alkyl side-chains in alcohol or ethanol/water solvent mixtures

Wenjun Liu, Mengxiang Zhu, Jiang Xiao, Ying Ling and Haoyu Tang

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2016, 54, 3425
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28230

Facile Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Poly(ε-lysine) under Mild Conditions

Jinlong Chen, Maosheng Li, Wenjing He, Youhua Tao and Xianhong Wang

Macromolecules, 2017, 50, 9128
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02331

Synthesis of glycopeptides from glucosaminic acid

Ester Abtew, Abraham J. Domb and Arijit Basu

J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2017, 55, 2657
DOI: 10.1002/pola.28666

Quadruple thermo-photo-redox-responsive random copolypeptide nanogel and hydrogel

Yuanfeng Gao and Chang-Ming Dong

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2018, 29, 927
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2017.09.042