Functional, star polymeric molecular carriers, built from biodegradable microgel/nanogel cores

Jay Syrett, David Mark Haddleton, Michael Raymond Whittaker, Thomas Paul Davis, Cyrille Boyer

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Abstract

Acid and disulfide biodegradable cross-linkers have been employed to generate microgel star polymers, using RAFT-polymer arms. RAFT end-groups were then exploited to attach functional compounds via both thiol-ene and thiol-pyridyl disulfide exchange reactions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1449 - 1451
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume47
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

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