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Macromol. Chem. Phys. 10/2018
Author(s) -
Morelli Andrea,
Puppi Dario,
Cheptene Victoria,
Disgraziati Dunia,
Ruggeri Giacomo,
Chiellini Federica
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201870025
Subject(s) - acrylate , polymer chemistry , chemistry , bovine serum albumin , conjugated system , photopolymer , ethyl acrylate , polymer , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , copolymer , chromatography , polymerization , engineering
Front Cover : In article number 1700631 by Federica Chiellini and co‐workers, Ulvan, an algal sulfated hetero‐polysaccharide, is conjugated with acrylate moieties (Ulvan‐acrylate) and employed as a novel macro‐crosslinker for the preparation of thermoresponsive nanogels in combination with poly( N ‐vinylcaprolactam) as a thermo‐responsive component. Straightforward preparation of nanogels is achieved by UV photopolymerization, and the most promising candidates are investigated as potential carriers for protein encapsulation by using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model compound. Image designed and generated by Raffaella Angeli.