Cyclic Polymers in The Spotlight: From Scientific Curiosity to Advanced Materials for Gene Delivery and Surface Modification
The recent works on the synthesis and application of cyclic polymers by the team of Dr. Edmondo M. Benetti, Surface Science and Technology, have been highlighted in Angewandte Chemie.
In his commentary, Prof. Richard Hoogenboom (Ghent University) reports how the latest advances in topological polymer chemistry and the subsequent applications of cyclic polymers in materials science, pioneered by Dr. Benetti and his students, have opened new possibilities in the fabrication of polymeric biointerfaces and nanoparticle hybrids.
- external page Angewandte Chemie
- Dr. Benetti's team
- Recent works by Surface Science and Technology group on cyclic polymers: external page Topological Polymer Chemistry Enters Surface Science: Linear versus Cyclic Polymer Brushes, external page Next-Generation Polymer Shells for Inorganic Nanoparticles are Highly Compact, Ultra-Dense, and Long-Lasting Cyclic Brushes