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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Drug-Release Properties of New Amphipathic Liquid Crystal Polycarbonates.

Yujiao Xie, Xiaofeng Liu, Zhuang Hu, Zhipeng Hou, Zhihao Guo, Zhangpei Chen, Jianshe Hu, Liqun Yang

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yujiao XieCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. xieyujiao5819573@gmail.com.
Xiaofeng LiuCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 1510048@stu.neu.edu.cn.
Zhuang HuCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 1710059@stu.neu.edu.cn.
Zhipeng HouCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 1670175@stu.neu.edu.cn.
Zhihao GuoCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. 1610046@stu.neu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9037-1750
Zhangpei ChenCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. chenzhangpei@mail.neu.edu.cn.
Jianshe HuCenter for Molecular Science and Engineering, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China. hujs@mail.neu.edu.cn.
Liqun YangKey Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Liaoning Research Institute of Family Planning, Shenyang 110031, China. yanglq@lnszjk.com.cn.
Northeastern University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New amphiphilic liquid crystal (LC) polycarbonate block copolymers containing side-chain cholesteryl units were synthesized. Their structure, thermal stability, and LC phase behavior were characterized with Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrum, ¹H NMR, gel permeation chromatographic (GPC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscope (POM), and XRD methods. The results demonstrated that the LC copolymers showed a double molecular arrangement of a smectic A phase at room temperature. With the elevating of LC unit content in such LC copolymers, the corresponding properties including decomposition temperature (

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amphipathic polycarbonatescholesteryldrug releaseliquid crystalself-assembly

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PMID29584691
PMCPMC5923525
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