Lactate and glucose induced self?assembly of hydrophobic boronic acid?substituted polymers

Amphiphilic boronic acid (BA)-substituted block copolymers have been utilized in biomedical applications through binding to saccharides, including glucose whereas the anaerobically produced metabolite lactate is unreported. Glucose requires basic conditions, while occurs at neutral physiological conditions. Herein, BA and used for first time convert solvated hydrophobic homopolymer amphiphilic core-shell nanoparticle spheres worms.