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Hybrid Silicon‐Based Organic/Inorganic Block Copolymers with Sol–Gel Active Moieties: Synthetic Advances, Self‐Assembly and Applications in Biomedicine and Materials Science
Author(s) -
Czarnecki Sebastian,
Bertin Annabelle
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201705286
Subject(s) - materials science , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , copolymer , hybrid material , silicon , self assembly , sol gel , nanocarriers , polymer , nanoparticle , composite material , metallurgy
Hybrid silicon‐based organic/inorganic (multi)block copolymers are promising polymeric precursors to create robust nano‐objects and nanomaterials due to their sol–gel active moieties via self‐assembly in solution or in bulk. Such nano‐objects and nanomaterials have great potential in biomedicine as nanocarriers or scaffolds for bone regeneration as well as in materials science as Pickering emulsifiers, photonic crystals or coatings/films with antibiofouling, antibacterial or water‐ and oil‐repellent properties. Thus, this Review outlines recent synthetic efforts in the preparation of these hybrid inorganic/organic block copolymers, gives an overview of their self‐assembled structures and finally presents recent examples of their use in the biomedical field and material science.