Smart polymersomes and hydrogels from polypeptide-based polymer systems through α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydride ring-opening polymerization. From chemistry to biomedical applications

The synthesis of smart stimuli-responsive polymeric materials for nanomedicine applications has attracted the interest of a large number of scientists that focuses on the effective encapsulation of pharmaceutical compounds and control of their biodistribution. The development of multifunctional polymeric materials is mainly guided by the goal of achieving active compounds which selectively target the pathological sites, therefore minimizing...