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Responsive Polymers as Smart Nanomaterials Enable Diverse Applications.

Jing Zhao¹, Victoria E Lee², Rui Liu¹

¹Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Material, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institute for Advanced Study, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China;

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Responsive polymers and their nanoparticles offer smart solutions for drug delivery and catalysis. These materials exhibit tunable properties, enhancing efficiency and sustainability in advanced applications.

Keywords:

polymeric nanoparticles self-assembly smart materials stimuli-responsive polymers

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Polymer Science and Nanotechnology
Materials Science and Engineering

Background:

Responsive polymers exhibit dynamic changes in response to environmental stimuli like temperature, pH, and light.
Polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are versatile nanostructures (micelles, vesicles, core-shell) derived from responsive polymers.
These NPs show significant potential in diverse fields, including drug delivery and catalysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To review different types of responsive polymers based on their stimuli-responsiveness (pH, thermal, photo, enzymatic).
To discuss the formation and characteristics of polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) from these responsive polymers.
To highlight the role of responsive polymer-based nanomaterials in smart applications, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability.

Main Methods:

Literature review of responsive polymers and their nanoparticle formation.
Categorization of polymers based on responsiveness (pH, thermo-, photo-, enzymatic).
Discussion of NP morphologies (micelles, vesicles, core-shell) and fabrication.

Main Results:

Selected polymers demonstrating pH, thermo-, photo-, and enzymatic responsiveness were summarized.
The formation of various polymeric nanoparticle morphologies from responsive polymers was detailed.
The application of these NPs in smart systems, improving efficiency and sustainability, was highlighted.

Conclusions:

Responsive polymers are key building blocks for advanced nanomaterials.
Polymeric nanoparticles offer tunable properties for targeted applications.
These smart nanomaterials contribute to more efficient and sustainable technological solutions.