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      Advances in the Multi-Orthogonal Folding of Single Polymer Chains into Single-Chain Nanoparticles 

      Blázquez Martín, Agustín; Verde Sesto, Ester; Moreno Segurado, Angel José; Arbe Méndez, María Aranzazu; Colmenero de León, Juan ORCID; Pomposo Alonso, José Adolfo ORCID (MDPI, 2021-01-18)
      The folding of certain proteins (e.g., enzymes) into perfectly defined 3D conformations via multi-orthogonal interactions is critical to their function. Concerning synthetic polymers chains, the “folding” of individual ...
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      Advances in the Phototriggered Synthesis of Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles 

      Verde Sesto, Ester; Blázquez Martín, Agustín; Pomposo Alonso, José Adolfo ORCID (MDPI, 2019-11)
      Clean use of photons from light to activate chemical reactions offers many possibilities in different fields, from chemistry and biology to materials science and medicine. This review article describes the advances carried ...
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      Metamorphosis of a Commodity Plastic like PVC to Efficient Catalytic Single-Chain Nanoparticles 

      Blázquez Martín, Agustín; Verde Sesto, Ester; Arbe Méndez, María Aranzazu; Pomposo Alonso, José Adolfo ORCID (Wiley, 2023-11)
      We perform the conversion of a commodity plastic of common use in pipes, window frames, medical devices, flexible hoses, etc. like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs). SCNPs are versatile, ...
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      Toward Long-Term-Dispersible, Metal-Free Single-Chain Nanoparticles 

      Blázquez Martín, Agustín; Ruiz Bardillo, Ainara; Verde Sesto, Ester; Iturrospe Ibarra, Amaia; Arbe Méndez, María Aranzazu; Pomposo Alonso, José Adolfo ORCID (MDPI, 2023-04-18)
      We report herein on a new platform for synthesizing stable, inert, and dispersible metal-free single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) via intramolecular metal-traceless azide–alkyne click chemistry. It is well known that SCNPs ...