Nanotube arrays, composed of materials such as carbon, titania, and zinc oxide, have shown potential as conductors, energy conversion devices, actuators, and adhesives. Such nanoscale constructs are particularly novel for their high area-to-volume and length-to-diameter aspect ratios that lead to physical and chemical properties more interesting than their bulk counterparts. However, the stimul...

Polymer-drug conjugates are becoming established as a shining platform for drug delivery. Incorporation of pH-responsive linker between drug and polymer is expected to realize triggered release of bioactive agents from conjugates in specific sites, either in mildly acidic extracellular matrices of tumor tissues or, after cellular internalization, in acidic endosomes and lysosomes. As an emergin...

Two wireless, passive remote query magnetism-based glucose sensors, which operate in combination with a mass and volume changing glucose responsive polymer, are presented. One sensor design is based upon the magnetostatic coupling of magnetically soft thin-film elements; as the polymer volume changes in response to glucose concentration so does the magnetostatic coupling between elements. In re...

The first γ-radiation responsive linear supramolecular via pillararene-based host-guest recognition polymer was built successfully. What is more, this supramolecular polymer exhibited dual redox responsiveness.

Liquid phase homogeneous reactions using soluble polymer supports have found numerous applications in homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis because of their advantages of no interface mass transfer limitation and a high conversion rate. However, their application in analytical separation is limited by the inefficient/inconvenient recovery of the target molecules from the extremely complex...

Thermal and photo responsive copolymer based on N-vinylamide backbone was designed. Methoxyethyl group and azobenzene were selected to improve hydrophilicity and photoresponsive moieties, respectively. The N-(methoxyethyl)-N-vinylformamide was synthesized and copolymerized with N-vinylformamide by free radical polymerization. In order to control the nanosized structures, poly(N-vinylformamide) ...