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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
A supramolecular route towards core-shell polymeric microspheres in water via cucurbit[8]uril complexation
Yang Lan1, Xian Jun Loh, Jin Geng
1Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 27, 2012
Abstract:
Core-shell polymeric microspheres with a cleavable shell were prepared in water using cucurbit[8]uril to bring together functional polymeric microspheres and functional polymers. This supramolecular approach was employed to switch the cytotoxicity of the polymeric microspheres, leading to potential applications in the eradication of cancer cells.
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