Elizabeth R Gillies

Mar 25, 2024 | mdpi.com | Gabriel Mencia |Tania Lozano-Cruz |Elizabeth R Gillies |Sergio Algar

1. IntroductionClassical surfactants are substances formed using a hydrocarbon chain attached to an ionic polar group. Of these, the oldest used are fatty acids which are biomolecules that make up the main components of fats and consist of a carboxylic acid group attached to a hydrocarbon chain that can be of different lengths and degrees of saturation. However, other naturally occurring compounds are able to form amphiphilic systems, and, therefore, its aggregates are cholesterol and vitamin E.

Feb 6, 2024 | pericles.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com | Haoxiang Zeng |Derrick A. Roberts |Elizabeth R Gillies

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Feb 6, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Haoxiang Zeng |Derrick A. Roberts |Elizabeth R Gillies

Polymer nanodiscs are challenging to make. Most self-assembly processes are thermodynamically driven and typically yield shapes of minimised energy, like spheres or vesicles. The substantial progress in polymerisation induced self-assembly (PISA) has facilitated the production of polymer rods, worms, and cylinders,1, 2 yet the realisation of 2D materials like discs and platelets remains challenging and represents a significant knowledge gap to reliably produce them in polymer nanoscience.

Nov 29, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Zhengyu Deng |Elizabeth R Gillies

Introduction Advances in polymer synthesis including living/controlled polymerization have revolutionized the design of complex and multifunctional macromolecules with unique properties, such as self-assembly, self-healing, and biodegradability.1 Furthermore, the (re)discovery of a range of “click” reactions, such as the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC),2 Diels–Alder reaction,3 thiol-ene reaction,4 and thiol-disulfide exchange,5 has expanded the chemical toolbox for...

Aug 29, 2023 | pubs.rsc.org | Jue Gong |Jean-Philippe St-Pierre |Elizabeth R Gillies |Jordan Nhan

Designing Polymers for Cartilage Uptake: Effects of Architecture and Molar Mass Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive disease, involving the progressive breakdown of cartilage, as well as changes to the synovium, and bone. There are currently no disease-modifying treatments available clinically.