Issue 33, 2014
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Chemical Communications

pH-Responsive robust polymer micelles with metal–ligand coordinated core cross-links†

Gyu Ha Hwang,a   Kyung Hyun Min,a   Hong Jae Lee,b   Hye Young Nam,b   Gi Hyun Choi,b   Byung Joo Kim,a   Seo Young Jeonga  and  Sang Cheon Lee*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea

b Department of Maxillofacial Biomedical Engineering & Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea
E-mail: schlee@khu.ac.kr
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Abstract

We report on pH-responsive core–shell polymer micelles with catechol-Fe3+ coordinated core cross-links, which provide robustness to drug-loaded polymer micelles and allow the facilitated intracellular release of loaded anticancer drugs in response to an endosomal acidic pH.

Graphical abstract: pH-Responsive robust polymer micelles with metal–ligand coordinated core cross-links

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC01584C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Mar 2014
Accepted
06 Mar 2014
First published
18 Mar 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 4351-4353

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pH-Responsive robust polymer micelles with metal–ligand coordinated core cross-links

G. H. Hwang, K. H. Min, H. J. Lee, H. Y. Nam, G. H. Choi, B. J. Kim, S. Y. Jeong and S. C. Lee, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4351 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01584C

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