title: Photo-responsive polymeric micelles.
abstract: Photo-responsive polymeric micelles have received increasing attention in both academic and industrial fields due to their efficient photo-sensitive nature and unique nanostructure. In view of the photo-reaction mechanism, photo-responsive polymeric micelles can be divided into five major types: (1) photoisomerization polymeric micelles, (2) photo-induced rearrangement polymeric micelles, (3) photocleavage polymeric micelles, (4) photo-induced crosslinkable polymeric micelles, and (5) photo-induced energy conversion polymeric micelles. This review highlights the recent advances of photo-responsive polymeric micelles, including the design, synthesis and applications in various biomedical fields. Especially, the influence of different photo-reaction mechanisms on the morphology, structure and properties of the polymeric micelles is emphasized. Finally, the possible future directions and perspectives in this emerging area are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240 Shanghai, P. R. China. xyzhu@sjtu.edu.cn dyyan@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ruijiao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xinyuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Deyue
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D008027:Light; D008823:Micelles; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers