Recently two quite different types of "nano-containers" have been recognized as attractive potential drug carriers; these are wormlike filamenteous micelles ("filomicelles") on the one hand and metal organic frameworks on the other hand. In this work we combine these two concepts. We report for the first time the manufacturing of metal organic framework nanotubes with a hollow core. These worm-...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic inflammatory disease that can lead to articular cartilage destruction and periarticular bone erosion, thus ultimately compromising joint integrity function. Anti-inflammatory drugs biological agents are commonly used treat rheumatoid arthritis, but they cannot selectively target inflamed joints, because of their mechanisms, short half-lives low bioavailability...

Core-polymerized and boron-conjugated micelles (PM micelles) were prepared by free radical copolymerization of a PEG-b-PLA block copolymer bearing an acetal group and a methacryloyl group (acetal-PEG-b-PLA-MA), with 1-(4-vinylbenzyl)-closo-carborane (VB-carborane), and the utility of these micelles as a tumor-targeted boron delivery system was investigated for boron neutron capture therapy (BNC...

Abstract. Replacement of organic solvents, in particular chlorinated, aromatic, and polar aprotic ones is an emerging issue that can find a solution the development catalytic reactions water. Nature performs multitude chemical transformations water under mild conditions mediated by enzymes. In nanoconfinement effects enzymes ensure high activity impressive stereoselectivities. Micellar catalysi...

Advances in the glycopolymer technology have allowed the preparation of more complex and well-defined glycopolymers/particles with several architectures from linear to globular structures (such as micelles, dendrimers, and nanogels). In the last decade, functionalized self-assembled/decided nano-objects and scaffolds containing glycopolymers were designed to develop many biological and biomedic...