The challenges of controlling polymer synthesis at the molecular and macromolecular level

Karen Hakobyan, Jiangtao Xu and Markus Müllner

Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 5431
DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01581H

Cesium tungsten oxide–carbon nanotube–hydroxypropyl cellulose thermoresponsive display

Taekyung Lim, Sang-Mi Jeong, Gun Hee Kim, Keumyoung Seo, Hee Sung Seo, Jonguk Yang and Sanghyun Ju

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 6856
DOI: 10.1039/D3RA08377B

An NIR-triggered drug release and highly efficient photodynamic therapy from PCL/PNIPAm/porphyrin modified graphene oxide nanoparticles with the Janus morphology

Sepideh Khoee and Amirhossein Sadeghi

RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 39780
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA06058H

The light-controlling of temperature-responsivity in stimuli-responsive polymers

Amin Abdollahi, Hossein Roghani-Mamaqani, Bahareh Razavi and Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi

Polym. Chem., 2019, 10, 5686
DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00890J

An l-proline based thermoresponsive and pH-switchable nanogel as a drug delivery vehicle

Y. Salinas, A. M. Castilla and M. Resmini

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 2271
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00308D

Epoxy–amine oligomers from terpenes with applications in synergistic antifungal treatments

Dara M. O’Brien, Cindy Vallieres, Cameron Alexander, Steven M. Howdle, Robert A. Stockman and Simon V. Avery

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 5222
DOI: 10.1039/C9TB00878K

Triple-stimuli-responsive ferrocene-containing homopolymers by RAFT polymerization

Xue Jiang, Ruru Li, Chun Feng, Guolin Lu and Xiaoyu Huang

Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 2773
DOI: 10.1039/C7PY00091J

Advances in biomaterials for the treatment of retinoblastoma

Wissam Farhat, Vincent Yeung, Amy Ross, Francesca Kahale, Nikolay Boychev, Liangju Kuang, Lin Chen and Joseph B. Ciolino

Biomater. Sci., 2022, 10, 5391
DOI: 10.1039/D2BM01005D

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

Redox/ultrasound dual stimuli-responsive nanogel for precisely controllable drug release

Nengwei Shen, Bin Lei, Yizhou Wang, Shouhong Xu and Honglai Liu

New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 9472
DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00392K

Benzothiazole-disulfide based redox-responsive polymers: facile access to reversibly functionalizable polymeric coatings

Aysun Degirmenci, Rana Sanyal, Mehmet Arslan and Amitav Sanyal

Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 2595
DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00133K

Seeing, Targeting and Delivering with Upconverting Nanoparticles

Ghulam Jalani, Vivienne Tam, Fiorenzo Vetrone and Marta Cerruti

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 10923
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03977

Dithienylmaleimide-based D-A Conjugated Polymer Film: Photo-Responsive Behavior and Application in Electrical Memory and Logic Gates

Wei Lv, Chun Wang, Xing-Chi Lin, Xiao-Fei Mei, Wen Wang, E. Yang, Qi-Dan Ling and Zheng-Huan Lin

Chin J Polym Sci, 2021, 39, 1177
DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2594-z

Modulation of Entrapment Efficiency and In Vitro Release Properties of BSA-Loaded Chitosan Microparticles Cross-Linked with Citric Acid as a Potential Protein–Drug Delivery System

Natalia Sedyakina, Andrey Kuskov, Kelly Velonia, Nataliya Feldman, Sergey Lutsenko and Grigory Avramenko

Materials, 2020, 13, 1989
DOI: 10.3390/ma13081989

Biodegradable Polymers for Microencapsulation Systems

Joana Filipa Parente, Vânia Isabel Sousa, Juliana Filipa Marques, Marta Adriana Forte, Carlos José Tavares and Bingang Xu

Advances in Polymer Technology, 2022, 2022, 1
DOI: 10.1155/2022/4640379

Advancements in macromolecular complexity and their implications for drug delivery systems

Ibrahim Abdullah Hamzy, Abdulelah Ibrahim Alqhoson, Anas Mohammed Aljarbou and Mohammed Abdulrahman Alhajri

Int. J. of Health Sci., 2018, 2, 154
DOI: 10.53730/ijhs.v2nS1.15093

The Role of Thermal Accumulation on the Fabrication of Diffraction Gratings in Ophthalmic PHEMA by Ultrashort Laser Direct Writing

Daniel Sola, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana and Pablo Artal

Polymers, 2020, 12, 2965
DOI: 10.3390/polym12122965

Effect of Magnesium Salts with Chaotropic Anions on the Swelling Behavior of PNIPMAM Thin Films

Julija Reitenbach, Christina Geiger, Peixi Wang, Apostolos Vagias, Robert Cubitt, Dirk Schanzenbach, André Laschewsky, Christine M. Papadakis and Peter Müller-Buschbaum

Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 567
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02282

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Multistimulus-Responsive Azobenzene-Containing Diblock Copolymer through RAFT Polymerization

Po-Chih Yang, Yueh-Han Chien, Shih-Hsuan Tseng, Chia-Chung Lin and Kai-Yu Huang

Polymers, 2019, 11, 2028
DOI: 10.3390/polym11122028

Evolution of macromolecular complexity in drug delivery systems

Ashok Kakkar, Giovanni Traverso, Omid C. Farokhzad, Ralph Weissleder and Robert Langer

Nat Rev Chem, 2017, 1
DOI: 10.1038/s41570-017-0063

pH‐Driven Wetting Switchability of Electrodeposited Superhydrophobic Copolymers of Pyrene Bearing Acid Functions and Fluorinated Chains

Gabriela Ramos Chagas, Denis Kiryanenko, Guilhem Godeau, Frédéric Guittard and Thierry Darmanin

ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 3429
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700846

MEMS devices for drug delivery

Hyunjoo J. Lee, Nakwon Choi, Eui-Sung Yoon and Il-Joo Cho

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2018, 128, 132
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.11.003

Microelectromechanical systems (mems) for drug delivery: A detailed Review

Suyash Ingle, Kshitij Shinde and Aniruddh Kurulkar

International Journal of Technology, 2025, 15, 82
DOI: 10.52711/2231-3915.2025.00015

A concise review on cancer treatment methods and delivery systems

Elham Bidram, Yasaman Esmaeili, Hadi Ranji-Burachaloo, Nuha Al-Zaubai, Ali Zarrabi, Alastair Stewart and Dave E. Dunstan

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2019, 54, 101350
DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101350

Last Decades’ Overview on Tandem Catalysis: Intrigue in Organo-metallic Chemistry

Jyoti Kuchhadiya and Khushal Kapadiya

MROC, 2025, 22, 85
DOI: 10.2174/0118756298288651240103062430

Miktoarm Star Polymers with Environment‐Selective ROS/GSH Responsive Locations: From Modular Synthesis to Tuned Drug Release through Micellar Partial Corona Shedding and/or Core Disassembly

Victor Lotocki, Hossein Yazdani, Qiaochu Zhang, Evan Rizzel Gran, Anastasiia Nyrko, Dusica Maysinger and Ashok Kakkar

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021, 21
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202000305

Direct Laser Interference Patterning of Diffraction Gratings in Safrofilcon-A Hydrogel: Fabrication and Hydration Assessment

Daniel Sola, Stephan Milles and Andrés F. Lasagni

Polymers, 2021, 13, 679
DOI: 10.3390/polym13050679

Oral Drug Delivery: Conventional to Long Acting New-Age Designs

Utkarsh Bhutani, Tithi Basu and Saptarshi Majumdar

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2021, 162, 23
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.02.008

BIOMEMS for Therapeutics and Sensing: Advances in Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, and Microfluidics

Omnia M. Sarhan, Mostafa I. Gebril, Esraa E. H. Yahia, Shimaa M. Ali, Tasneem A. A. Abo-Ghazala, Mariam M. Ahmed, Mirna S. Adbul-Latif and Yomna A. Moussa

Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2025, 22, 6456
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5c00724

A real-time and in-situ monitoring of the molecular interactions between drug carrier polymers and a phospholipid membrane

Yuke Ge, Jiaojiao Liu, Yujiang Dou, Zhonglan Chen, Zihan Li, Kai Yang, Bing Yuan and Zhenhui Kang

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2022, 209, 112161
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112161

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-CO-3-hydroxyvalerate) PHBHV biocompatible nanocarriers for 5-FU delivery targeting colorectal cancer

Ionut Cristian Radu, Ariana Hudita, Catalin Zaharia, Bianca Galateanu, Horia Iovu, Eugenia (Vasile) Tanasa, Sabina Georgiana Nitu, Octav Ginghina, Carolina Negrei, Aristidis Tsatsakis, Kelly Velonia, Mikhail Shtilman and Marieta Costache

Drug Delivery, 2019, 26, 318
DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2019.1582729

Smart polymers in drug delivery: a perspective in pharmaceutical technology

E. V. Blynskaya, K. V. Alekseyev, D. V. Yudina, V. K. Alexseev, S. V. Tishkov, V. V. Bueva, S. V. Minaev, V. V. Adzhienko and A. A. Ivanov

Russian Journal of Biotherapy, 2019, 18, 15
DOI: 10.17650/1726-9784-2019-18-2-15-20

Nanomaterial-Based Approaches for Neural Regeneration

Raluca Ioana Teleanu, Oana Gherasim, Tudor George Gherasim, Valentina Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu and Daniel Mihai Teleanu

Pharmaceutics, 2019, 11, 266
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11060266

Recent advances of two-dimensional materials in smart drug delivery nano-systems

Hua Zhang, Taojian Fan, Wen Chen, Yingchun Li and Bing Wang

Bioactive Materials, 2020, 5, 1071
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.06.012

Telodendrimers for Physical Encapsulation and Covalent Linking of Individual or Combined Therapeutics

Jason Choi, Alexandre Moquin, Enzo Bomal, Li Na, Dusica Maysinger and Ashok Kakkar

Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2017, 14, 2607
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00019

A Comprehensive Review of Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Materials—Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Alicja Balcerak-Woźniak, Monika Dzwonkowska-Zarzycka and Janina Kabatc-Borcz

Materials, 2024, 17, 4255
DOI: 10.3390/ma17174255

Advances in Material Modification with Smart Functional Polymers for Combating Biofilms in Biomedical Applications

Luis Alberto Mejía-Manzano, Patricia Vázquez-Villegas, Luis Vicente Prado-Cervantes, Kristeel Ximena Franco-Gómez, Susana Carbajal-Ocaña, Daniela Lizeth Sotelo-Cortés, Valeria Atehortúa-Benítez, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez and Jorge Membrillo-Hernández

Polymers, 2023, 15, 3021
DOI: 10.3390/polym15143021

Advancements in modification of membrane materials over membrane separation for biomedical applications-Review

Pooja Hariharan, Sujithra Sundarrajan, G. Arthanareeswaran, Sunanda Seshan, Diganta B. Das and A.F. Ismail

Environmental Research, 2022, 204, 112045
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112045

Quo Vadis, Macromolecular Science? Reflections by the IUPAC Polymer Division on the Occasion of the Staudinger Centenary

Volker Abetz, Chin Han Chan, Christine K. Luscombe, John B. Matson, Jan Merna, Tamaki Nakano, Guido Raos and Gregory T. Russell

Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 60, 9
DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201900182

Oscillatory chemical reactions in the quest for rhythmic motion of smart materials

Anna Isakova and Katarina Novakovic

European Polymer Journal, 2017, 95, 430
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.08.033

A comprehensive review on the advancement of supramolecular polymers and their pharmaceutical and biomedical applications

Parbeen Singh, Vinaya Kumar Golla, Nidhi Sharma and Nivedita Chaudhri

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 548, 217223
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.217223

Fabrication and evaluation of pH-sensitive guar gum/chitosan/poly(vinyl alcohol) composite for improved gastro-retention of metformin

Archana George and Pranav S. Shrivastav

Polym. Bull., 2024, 81, 14105
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-024-05395-7

High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Laser Processing of Acrylic Intra-Ocular Lenses

Daniel Sola and Rafael Cases

Polymers, 2020, 12, 242
DOI: 10.3390/polym12010242

A review of temperature-responsive polymers as novel reagents for solid-liquid separation and froth flotation of minerals

Wei Sung Ng, Luke A. Connal, Elizaveta Forbes and George V. Franks

Minerals Engineering, 2018, 123, 144
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.03.027

Development of active food packaging via incorporation of biopolymeric nanocarriers containing essential oils

Abdur Rehman, Seid Mahdi Jafari, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Elham Assadpour, Muhammad Atif Randhawa and Shahid Mahmood

Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020, 101, 106
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.05.001

Application of stimulus-sensitive polymers in wound healing formulation

Andreza M Ribeiro and Thais H. S. Flores-Sahagun

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 2020, 69, 979
DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2019.1655744

Nanocarrier facilitated drug delivery to the brain through intranasal route: A promising approach to transcend bio-obstacles and alleviate neurodegenerative conditions

K. Trideva Sastri, N. Vishal Gupta, Sharadha M, Souvik Chakraborty, Hitesh Kumar, Pallavi Chand, V. Balamuralidhara and D.V. Gowda

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2022, 75, 103656
DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103656

Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite a Potential Universal Nanocarrier for Cellular Internalization & Drug Delivery

Ashu Srivastav, Balasaheb Chandanshive, Prajakta Dandekar, Deepa Khushalani and Ratnesh Jain

Pharm Res, 2019, 36
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-019-2594-7

Photoreversible Smart Polymers Based on 2π + 2π Cycloaddition Reactions: Nanofilms to Self-Healing Films

Mustafa Abdallh, Chiaki Yoshikawa, Milton T. W. Hearn, George P. Simon and Kei Saito

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 2446
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01729

Water-soluble polymer compositions of methyl pheophorbide a based on thermosensitive copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide with triethylene glycol dimethacrylate

I. V. Ulyanov, N. S. Emel’yanova, I. I. Khodos and S. V. Kurmaz

Russ Chem Bull, 2026, 75, 616
DOI: 10.1007/s11172-026-4916-3

Biodegradable polymers and constructs: A novel approach in drug delivery

Shiv Kumar Prajapati, Ankit Jain, Aakanchha Jain and Sourabh Jain

European Polymer Journal, 2019, 120, 109191
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.08.018

Polymethylmethacrylate derivatives Eudragit E100 and L100: Interactions and complexation with surfactants

Fabrice Ofridam, Noureddine Lebaz, Émilie Gagnière, Denis Mangin and Abdelhamid Elaissari

Polymers for Advanced Techs, 2021, 32, 379
DOI: 10.1002/pat.5093

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Based Thermally Responsive Micelles

Guo-Feng Luo, Wei-Hai Chen and Xian-Zheng Zhang

ACS Macro Lett., 2020, 9, 872
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00342

Complexes of Glucarolactones with Water-Soluble Copolymers of N-Vinylpyrrolidone with N-Vinylamine as Inhibitors of β-Glucuronidase Efficacy

Valerii D. Krasikov, Yulia G. Santuryan, Irina I. Malahova, Alexey G. Ivanov, Nikolay I. Gorshkov and Evgenii F. Panarin

Polymers, 2021, 14, 105
DOI: 10.3390/polym14010105

Advanced anticounterfeiting polymer inks for high-level encryption and authentication technologies

Reza Khalilzadeh, Milad Babazadeh-Mamaqani, Moein Mohammadi-Jorjafki, Hossein Roghani-Mamaqani and Richard Hoogenboom

Progress in Materials Science, 2025, 153, 101487
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101487

Smart, Naturally-Derived Macromolecules for Controlled Drug Release

Izabela Zaborniak, Angelika Macior and Paweł Chmielarz

Molecules, 2021, 26, 1918
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071918

Poly-(amidoamine) dendrimers with a precisely core positioned sulforhodamine B molecule for comparative biological tracing and profiling

Lin-Ping Wu, Mario Ficker, Søren L. Mejlsøe, Arnaldur Hall, Valentina Paolucci, Jørn B. Christensen, Panagiotis N. Trohopoulos and Seyed M. Moghimi

Journal of Controlled Release, 2017, 246, 88
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.12.016

Double stimuli-responsive cellulose nanocrystals reinforced electrospun PHBV composites membrane for intelligent drug release

Yuxiang Chen, Somia Yassin Hussain Abdalkarim, Hou-Yong Yu, Yingzhan Li, Jiaxin Xu, Jaromir Marek, Juming Yao and Kam Chiu Tam

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 155, 330
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.216

Smart polymeric nanostructures for targeted delivery of therapeutics

Mahua Dhara (Ganguly)

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 2021, 58, 269
DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2020.1842766

Cellulose nanofibers as Scaffold-forming materials for thin film drug delivery systems

Md Rakib Hasan Khan, Raj Shankar Hazra, Gauthami Nair, Jiyan Mohammad, Long Jiang, Katie Reindl, Mohammad Khalid Jawed, Sabha Ganai and Mohiuddin Quadir

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022, 627, 122189
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.122189

Folate-conjugated pH-responsive nanocarrier designed for active tumor targeting and controlled release of doxorubicin

Lulu Wei, Beibei Lu, Lin Cui, Xueying Peng, Jianning Wu, Deqiang Li, Zhiyong Liu and Xuhong Guo

Front. Mater. Sci., 2017, 11, 328
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-017-0401-0