Issue 19, 2018, Issue in Progress

Polymer encapsulation of anticancer silver–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

Abstract

Amphiphilic block copolymers have been developed for the encapsulation of organometallic drugs. silver–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes have shown significant promise as anticancer and antibacterial compounds, and have been studied as the payload in these carriers. Simple modification of the N-heterocyclic carbene ligand structure enables solubility properties and interaction with the polymer to be tuned.

Graphical abstract: Polymer encapsulation of anticancer silver–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Jan 2018
Accepted
05 Mar 2018
First published
15 Mar 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 10474-10477

Polymer encapsulation of anticancer silver–N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

H. A. Mohamed, M. Khuphe, S. J. Boardman, S. Shepherd, R. M. Phillips, P. D. Thornton and C. E. Willans, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 10474 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA00450A

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