Blood-Catalyzed RAFT Polymerization

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Blood-Catalyzed RAFT Polymerization

Reyhani, A, Nothling, M, Ranji-Burachaloo, H, McKenzie, T, Fu, Q, Tan, S, Bryant, G and Qiao, G 2018, 'Blood-Catalyzed RAFT Polymerization', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 57, no. 32, pp. 10288-10292.

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Title	Blood-Catalyzed RAFT Polymerization
Author(s)	Reyhani, A Nothling, M Ranji-Burachaloo, H McKenzie, T Fu, Q Tan, S Bryant, G Qiao, G
Year	2018
Journal name	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume number	57
Issue number	32
Start page	10288
End page	10292
Total pages	5
Publisher	Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA
Abstract	The use of hemoglobin (Hb) contained within red blood cells to drive a controlled radical polymerization via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) process is reported for the first time. No pre-treatment of the Hb or cells was required prior to their use as polymerization catalysts, indicating the potential for synthetic engineering in complex biological microenvironments without the need for ex vivo techniques. Owing to the naturally occurring prevalence of the reagents employed in the catalytic system (Hb and hydrogen peroxide), this approach may facilitate the development of new strategies for in vivo cell engineering with synthetic macromolecules.
Subject	Soft Condensed Matter Polymerisation Mechanisms Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry
Keyword(s)	hemoglobin polymerization RAFT red blood cells
DOI - identifier	10.1002/anie.201802544
Copyright notice	© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
ISSN	1433-7851

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