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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2017

Photoinitiated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (Photo-PISA): New Insights and Opportunities.

Jonathan Yeow, Cyrille Boyer

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly of Nonlinear Polymers.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Novel Non-Cytotoxic Acylphosphinates and Acylphosphine Oxides Photoinitiators.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  4. Organic Afterglow Vesicles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Depolymerization-Induced Morphological Transformation.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  9. [Molecular imprinting strategies and advances targeting biomembranes].Se pu = Chinese journal of chromatography · 2026
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  15. Synthetic Cells Revisited: Artificial Cells Construction Using Polymeric Building Blocks.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jonathan YeowSchool of Chemical Engineering Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN) UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.
Cyrille BoyerSchool of Chemical Engineering Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) and Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN) UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) process is a useful synthetic tool for the efficient synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles of different morphologies. Recently, studies on visible light initiated PISA processes have offered a number of key research opportunities that are not readily accessible using traditional thermally initiated systems. For example, visible light mediated PISA (Photo-PISA) enables a high degree of control over the dispersion polymerization process by manipulation of the wavelength and intensity of incident light. In some cases, the final nanoparticle morphology of a single formulation can be modulated by simple manipulation of these externally controlled parameters. In addition, temporal (and in principle spatial) control over the Photo-PISA process can be achieved in most cases. Exploitation of the mild room temperature polymerizations conditions can enable the encapsulation of thermally sensitive therapeutics to occur without compromising the polymerization rate and their activities. Finally, the Photo-PISA process can enable further mechanistic insights into the morphological evolution of nanoparticle formation such as the effects of temperature on the self-assembly process. The purpose of this mini-review is therefore to examine some of these recent advances that have been made in Photo-PISA processes, particularly in light of the specific advantages that may exist in comparison with conventional thermally initiated systems.

Indexed as

controlled/living radical polymerizationphotopolymerizationpolymerization‐induced self‐assemblyvisible light, Photo‐PISA

Identifiers

PMID28725534
PMCPMC5514979

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