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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 340-349Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2nj20879b
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- NIGMS of the NIH [GM-065255]
- Army Research office [57858-CH]
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In the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in supramolecular systems that can undergo physical or chemical transformations upon encountering a specific stimulus. Micelle-forming amphiphilic systems based on polymers and dendrimers are particularly preferred over small molecule amphiphiles, due to their ability to sequester and release a vast library of hydrophobic guest molecules at micromolar polymer or dendrimer concentrations. Here we review a relatively underexplored, yet rapidly advancing, field of amphiphilic systems based on a dendritic architecture that exhibit stimuli sensitive behaviour. In particular, we will be focusing on stimuli such as temperature, pH, enzymatic and non-enzymatic proteins. These stimuli-responsive systems offer a unique opportunity in the field of drug delivery and sensing.
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