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Assembly and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles
Published on: March 2, 2020
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Disassembly of polymeric nanoparticles with enzyme-triggered polymer unzipping: polyelectrolyte complexes vs.
Vikash Kumar1, Oyuntuya Munkhbat1, Hatice Secinti1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA-01003, USA. thai@umass.edu.
Abstract:
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) responsive polymers, which can unzip from head to tail are reported. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic modification of the polymer was carried out for the formation of a polyelectrolyte complex and an amphiphilic nanoassembly, respectively, which offered distinct enzyme-triggered disassembly kinetics.

