title: Star polymers composed entirely of amino acid building blocks: a route towards stereospecific, biodegradable and hierarchically functionalized stars.
abstract: Highly functionalized water soluble core cross-linked star (CCS) polymers having degradable cores and hierarchical functionalities spanning from the peripheral groups along the arms to the core have been synthesized entirely from amino acid building blocks. The core-isolated moieties were shown to undergo further reactions, such as click chemistry, as well as being capable of encapsulating water-insoluble drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sulistio
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Widjaya
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blencowe
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qiao
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D057930:Click Chemistry; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D010293:Pargyline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011437:Propylamines / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004337:Drug Carriers; D011108:Polymers; D011437:Propylamines; D011721:Pyrenes; C009054:propargylamine; C030984:pyrene; D010293:Pargyline