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S Wang, X Liu, S Wang, T.K. Georgiou “Effect of Architecture on the Thermo-induced Phase Transition of Methacrylate-based Symmetric Pentablock Terpolymers” Polymer Chemistry, 2024, X, XXX. DOI: 10.1039/D4PY01033G

L. Wang, H. Iqbal, T.K. Georgiou “Influence of architectural design on the thermoresponsive properties of pyrrolidone-based terpolymers” Polym. Chem, 2024,15, 2548-2563. doi: 10.1039/D4PY00405A

A.P. Constantinou, V. Nele, J.J. Doutch, T.A. Shmool, S. Wang, Q. Li, J.P. Hallett, C.A. Dreiss, M.M. Stevens, T.K. Georgiou “ABC Block Copolymer Micelles Driving the Thermogelation: Scattering, Imaging and Spectroscopy” Polymer 2024, 302, 127075 doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2024.127075

A.P. Constantinou, B. Somuncuoğlu, T.K. Georgiou “An environmentally friendly synergistic stabilization of emulsions using an ABC macrosurfactant and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose” J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62(12), 2728-2743. doi: 10.1002/pol.20240063

L. Wang, A.P. Constantinou, Y. Li, T.K. Georgiou “A library of thermoresponsive diblock and statistical copolymers: Unravelling the effect of molar mass” Eur. Polym. J. 2024, 207, 112810. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2024.112810

T.A. Shmool, L.K. Martin, A. Jirkas, R.P. Matthews, A.P. Constantinou, D.M. Vadukul, T.K. Georgiou, F.A. Aprile, J.P. Hallett “Unveiling the Rational Development of Stimuli-Responsive Silk Fibroin-Based Ionogel Formulations” Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 15, 5798–5808. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00303

Q. Li, R. Wang, J. Lee, J.S. Correia, A.P. Constantinou, J. Krell, T.K. Georgiou “Thermogels based on biocompatible OEGMA-MEGMA diblock copolymers” Eur. Polym. J. 2023, 194, 112144. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2023.112144

J.S. Correia, S. Mirón-Barroso, C. Hutchings, S. Ottaviani, B. Somuncuoğlu, L. Castellano, A.E. Porter, J. Krell, T.K. Georgiou “How does the polymer architecture and position of cationic charges affect cell viability?” Polym. Chem. 2023, 14, 303-317. DOI: 10.1039/D2PY01012G

A.P. Constantinou, L. Wang, S. Wang, T.K. Georgiou “Thermoresponsive block copolymers of increasing architecture complexity: a review on structure– property relationships” Polym. Chem. 2023, 14, 223-247 DOI: 10.1039/D2PY01097F

S. Mirón-Barroso, J.S. Correia, A.E. Frampton, M.P. Lythgoe, J. Clark, L Tookman, S. Ottaviani, L. Castellano, A.E. Porter, T.K. Georgiou, J. Krell “Polymeric Carriers for Delivery of RNA Cancer Therapeutics” non Coding RNA 2022, 8, 58. DOI: 10.3390/ncrna8040058

Q. Li, L. Wang, F. Chen, A.P. Constantinou and T.K. Georgiou “Thermoresponsive Oligo(ethylene glycol) Methyl Ether Methacrylate based Copolymers: Composition and Comonomer Effect” Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 2506 - 2518. DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01688A

T.A. Shmool, A.P. Constantinou, A. Jirkas, C. Zhao, T.K. Georgiou and J.P. Hallett “Next Generation Strategy for Tuning the Thermoresponsive Properties of Micellar and Hydrogel Drug Delivery Vehicles Using Ionic Liquids” Polym. Chem. 2022, 13, 2340 - 2350. DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00053A

A.P.  Constantinou, V. Nele, J.J. Doutch, J.S. Correia, R.V. Moiseev, M. Cihova, D. Gaboviau, J. Krell, V.V. Khutoryanskiy, M.M. Stevens and T.K. Georgiou “Investigation of the thermogelation of a promising biocompatible ABC triblock terpolymer and its comparison with Pluronic® F127” Macromolecules 2022, 55, 5, 1783–1799. Doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02123

Y. Lee, D.W. Lester, J.R. Jones, T.K. Georgiou “Effect of Polymer Molecular Mass and Structure on the Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Glass Hybrids” ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 1, 786–792. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05424

A.P. Constantinou, A. Tall, Q. Li and T.K. Georgiou “Liquid–liquid phase separation in aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate homopolymers” J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 60, 188–198. DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210714

A.P. Constantinou, N. Provatakis, Q. Li and T.K. Georgiou “Homopolymer and ABC Triblock Copolymer Mixtures for Thermoresponsive Gel Formulations” Gels 2021, 7, 116. DOI: 10.3390/gels7030116

A.P. Constantinou, K. Zhang, B. Somuncuoğlu, B. Feng and T.K. Georgiou “PEG-based methacrylate tetrablock terpolymers: How does the architecture control the gelation?” Macromolecules 2021, 54(13), 6511–6524. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00349

A.P. Constantinou and T.K. Georgiou “Pre-clinical and clinical applications of thermoreversible hydrogels in biomedical engineering: A review” Polym. Inter. 2021, 70, 1433-1448. DOI: 10.1002/pi.6266

X, Zhang, C, Contini, A.P, Constantinou, J.J. Doutch and T.K. Georgiou “How does the hydrophobic content of methacrylate ABA triblock copolymers affect polymersome formation?” J. Polym. Sci. 2021, 59, 1724-1731. DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210371

B. Somuncuoğlu, Y.L. Lee, A.P. Constantinou, D.L.M. Poussin and T.K. Georgiou “Ethyl Methacrylate Diblock Copolymers as Polymeric Surfactants: Effect of Molar Mass and Composition” Eur. Polym. J. 2021, 154, 110537. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110537

A.P. Constantinou, G. Patias, B. Somuncuoğlu, T. Brock, D.W. Lester, D.M. Haddleton and T.K. Georgiou “Homo- and co-polymerisation of di(propylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate – a new monomer” Polym. Chem, 2021, 12, 3522-3532. DOI: 10.1039/D1PY00444A Featured as the front cover

J.J. Chung, J. Yoo, B.S.T. Sum, S. Li, S Lee, Z. Li, M.M. Stevens, T.K. Georgiou, Y. Jung and J.R. Jones “3D Printed Porous Methacrylate/Silica Hybrid Scaffold for Bone Substitution” Adv. Healthc. Mater. 2021, 2100117, DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202100117

A.P. Constantinou, B. Zhan and T.K. Georgiou “Tuning the gelation of thermoresponsive gels based on triblock terpolymers,” Macromolecules 2021, 54, 1943-1960. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02533

Q. Li, A.P. Constantinou and T.K. Georgiou “A library of thermoresponsive PEG-based methacrylate homopolymers: How do the molar mass and number of ethylene glycol groups affect the cloud point?” J. Polym. Sci., 2021, 59, 230-239. DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200720 Featured as the front cover

K. H. Alzahabi, O. Usmani, T.K. Georgiou, M.R. Ryan, B.D Robertson, T.D. Tetley and A.E. Porter “Approaches to treating tuberculosis by encapsulating metal ions and anti-mycobacterial drugs utilizing nano- and microparticle technologies” Emerg. Top Life Sci. 2021, 4(6), 581–600.

A. Li Volsi, F. Tallia, H. Iqbal, T.K. Georgiou and J.R. Jones “Enzyme degradable star polymethacrylate/silica hybrid inks for 3D printing of tissue scaffolds” Mater. Adv., 2020, 1, 3189-3199. DOI: 10.1039/d0ma00674b

A.P. Constantinou, T. Lan, D. R. Carroll and T. K. Georgiou, T.K. “Tricomponent thermoresponsive polymers based on an amine-containing monomer with tuneable hydrophobicity: Effect of composition,” Eur. Polym. J. 2020, 130, 109655. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109655 Featured as the front cover

A.P. Constantinou, U. Marie-Sainte, L. Peng, D.R. Carroll, C.M. McGilvery, I.E. Dunlop and T.K. Georgiou “Effect of block copolymer architecture and composition on gold nanoparticle fabrication” Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 4637-4642, DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00931K

A.A. Mohammed, J. A. Milan, S. Li,a J. J. Chung, M. M. Stevens, T. K. Georgiou and J.R. Jones “Open vessel free radical photopolymerization of double network gels for biomaterial applications using glucose oxidase” J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 4030-4039 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB00658C

A.P. Constantinou, N.F. Sam-Soon, D.R. Carroll. T.K. Georgiou "Thermoresponsive Tetrablock Terpolymers: Effect of Architecture and Composition on Gelling Behavior" Macromolecules 2018, 51 (18), 7019–7031. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01251

D.R. Carroll, A.P. Constantinou, N. Stingelin, T.K. Georgiou, “Scalable Syntheses of Well-defined Pentadecablock Bipolymer and Quintopolymer,” Polym. Chem. 2018, 9, 3450-3454. DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00565F Featured as the inside cover & Recommened by the editor

T. Ellis, M. Chiappi, A Garcia-Trenco, M Al-Ejji, S. Sarkar, T.K. Georgiou, M.S.P. Shaffer, T.D. Tetley, S. Schwander, M.P. Ryan, A.E. Porter “Multimetallic Microparticles Increase the Potency of Rifampicin against Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis,” ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 5228-5240. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08264

B. Lu, M. Tarn, N. Pamme and T. K. Georgiou, " Fabrication of Tailorable pH Responsive Cationic Amphiphilic Microgels on a Microfluidic Device for Drug Release," J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem, 2018, 56, 59–66. DOI: 10.1002/pola.28860

G. Luongo, P. Campagnolo, J. E. Perez, J. Kosel, T.K. Georgiou, A. Regoutz, D.J. Payne, M.M. Stevens, M.P. Ryan, A.E. Porter, I.E. Dunlop "Scalable high-affinity stabilization of magnetic iron oxide nanostructures by a biocompatible antifouling homopolymer," ACS Appled Mat. & Intef. 2017, 9, 40059−40069. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12290

JJ Chung, BST Sum, S Li, MM Stevens, TK Georgiou, JR Jones. "Effect of Comonomers on Physical Properties and Cell Attachment to Silica‐Methacrylate/Acrylate Hybrids for Bone Substitution" Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2017, 38, 1700168. DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700168

J.J. Chung, Y. Fujita, S, Li, M.M. Stevens, T. Kasuga, T.K. Georgiou, J.R. Jones. "Biodegradable inorganic-organic hybrids of methacrylate star polymers for bone regeneration" Acta Biomaterialia. 2017, 54, 411-418. DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.03.008

A.P. Constantinou, H. Zhao, C.M. McGilvery, A.E. Porter, T.K. Georgiou. “A Comprehensive Systematic Study on Thermoresponsive Gels: Beyond the Common Architectures of Linear Terpolymers” Polymers 2017, 9(1), 31; doi: 10.3390/polym9010031 Invited for a Themed Issue for "Yong Talents in Polymer Science" also featured as the cover

J.J. Chung, S, Li, M.M. Stevens, T.K. Georgiou, J.R. Jones. “Tailoring Mechanical Properties of Sol-gel Hybrids for Bone Regeneration through Polymer Structure,” Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 6127-6135 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01941

E. D'Elia, S. Eslava, M. Miranda, T.K. Georgiou, E. Saiz. “Autonomous self-healing structural composites with bio-inspired design,” Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 25059. 

A.P. Constantinou, T.K Georgiou, “Tuning the Gelation of Injectable Gels” Eur. Polym. J. 2016, 78, 366-375. Featured Article - Invited. Also featured as the cover.

A.P. Constantinou, T.K. Georgiou, “Thermoresponsive Gels based on ABC Triblock Copolymers: Effect of the Length of the PEG Side Group” Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 2045-2056. Highlighted as the Paper of the Month. Click here

B. Lu, M. Tarn, N. Pamme and T. K. Georgiou, "Microfluidically Fabricated pH-Responsive Amphiphilic Microgels for Drug Release," J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 3086-3093. This article is part of themed collection: Emerging Investigators 2016: Novel design strategies for new functional materials and 2016 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Hot Papers

J. J. Chung, J. R. Jones and T. K. Georgiou, "Toward Hybrid Materials: Group Transfer Polymerization of 3-(Trimethoxysilyl)propyl Methacrylate," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015, 36, 1806-1809. Featured as the cover

B. Lu, M. Tarn, N. Pamme and T. K. Georgiou, "Tailoring pH-Responsive Acrylic Acid Microgels with Hydrophobic Crosslinks for Drug Release," J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 4524-4529.

F. D. Fleischli, N. Ghasdian, T. K. Georgiou and N. Stingelin, "Tailoring the optical properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene) by emulsion processing using polymeric macrosurfactants," J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 2065-2071.

N. Ghasdian, D. M. A. Buzza, P. D. I. Fletcher and T. K. Georgiou, "ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method," Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015, 36, 528-532.

N. Ghasdian, M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Well-defined "clickable" copolymers prepared via one-pot synthesis," Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7114-7116.

T. K. Georgiou, "Star polymers for gene delivery," Polym. Int., 2014, 63, 1130-1133.

D. M. A. Buzza, P. D. I. Fletcher, T. K. Georgiou and N. Ghasdian, "Water-in-water emulsions based on incompatible polymers and stabilized by triblock copolymers-templated polymersomes," Langmuir, 2013, 29, 14804-14814.

N. Ghasdian, E. Church, A. P. Cottam, K. Hornsby, M. Y. Leung and T. K. Georgiou, "Novel "core-first" star-based quasi-model amphiphilic polymer networks," RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 19070-19080.

M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Thermoresponsive gels based on ABA triblock copolymers: Does the asymmetry matter?," J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2013, 51, 2850-2859.

T. Krasia-Christoforou and T. K. Georgiou, "Polymeric theranostics: Using polymer-based systems for simultaneous imaging and therapy," J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 3002-3025.

M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Multicompartment thermoresponsive gels: Does the length of the hydrophobic side group matter?," Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 1893-1902.

K. S. Pafiti, C. S. Patrickios, T. K. Georgiou, E. N. Yamasaki, N. P. Mastroyiannopoulos and L. A. Phylactou, "Cationic star polymer siRNA transfectants interconnected with a piperazine-based cationic cross-linker," Eur. Polym. J., 2012, 48, 1422-1430.

M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Thermoresponsive triblock copolymers based on methacrylate monomers: Effect of molecular weight and composition," Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2737-2745.

M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Thermoresponsive polymers for biomedical applications," Polymers, 2011, 3, 1215-1242.

N. H. Raduan, T. S. Horozov and T. K. Georgiou, ""comb-like" non-ionic polymeric macrosurfactants," Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 2321-2329.

T. K. Georgiou, D. S. Achilleos and C. S. Patrickios, "Multi-functional conetworks based on cross-linked star polymers," Macromol. Symp., 2010, 291-292, 36-42.

M. A. Ward and T. K. Georgiou, "Thermoresponsive terpolymers based on methacrylate monomers: Effect of architecture and composition," J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2010, 48, 775-783.

G. Kali, T. K. Georgiou, B. Iván and C. S. Patrickios, "Anionic amphiphilic end-linked conetworks by the combination of quasiliving carbocationic and group transfer polymerizations," J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 2009, 47, 4289-4301.

T. K. Georgiou and C. S. Patrickios, "Synthesis, characterization, and DNA adsorption studies of ampholytic model conetworks based on cross-linked star copolymers," Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9, 574-582.

G. Kali, T. K. Georgiou, B. Iván, C. S. Patrickios, E. Loizou, Y. Thomann and J. C. Tiller, "Synthesis and characterization of anionic amphiphilic model conetworks of 2-butyl-1-octyl-methacrylate and methacrylic acid: Effects of polymer composition and architecture," Langmuir, 2007, 23, 10746-10755.

T. K. Georgiou, C. S. Patrickios, P. W. Groh and B. Iván, "Amphiphilic model conetworks of polyisobutylene methacrylate and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate prepared by the combination of quasiliving carbocationic and group transfer polymerizations," Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 2335-2343.

G. Kali, T. K. Georgiou, B. Iván, C. S. Patrickios, E. Loizou, Y. Thomann and J. C. Tiller, "Synthesis and characterization of anionic amphiphilic model conetworks based on methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate: Effects of composition and architecture," Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 2192-2200.

A. I. Triftaridou, D. Kafouris, M. Vamvakaki, T. K. Georgiou, T. C. Krasia, E. Themistou, N. Hadjiantoniou and C. S. Patrickios, "Three different types of quasi-model networks: Synthesis by group transfer polymerization and characterization," Polym. Bull., 2007, 58, 185-190.

T. K. Georgiou, L. A. Phylactou and C. S. Patrickios, "Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation as transfection reagents of ampholytic star copolymers: Effect of star architecture," Biomacromolecules, 2006, 7, 3505-3512.

D. S. Achilleos, T. K. Georgiou and C. S. Patrickios, "Amphiphilic model conetworks based on cross-linked star copolymers of benzyl methacrylate and 2-(dimenthylamino)ethyl methacrylate: Synthesis, characterization, and DNA adsorption studies," Biomacromolecules, 2006, 7, 3396-3405.

M. Karbarz, Z. Stojek, T. K. Georgiou and C. S. Patrickios, "Microphase separation in ABA triblock copolymer-based model conetworks in the bulk: Effect of loop formation," Polymer, 2006, 47, 5182-5186.

T. K. Georgiou and C. S. Patrickios, "Synthesis, characterization, and modeling of double-hydrophobic model networks based on cross-linked star copolymers of n-butyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate," Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 1560-1568.

T. K. Georgiou, M. Vamvakaki, L. A. Phylactou and C. S. Patricklos, "Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation as transfection reagents of double-hydrophilic star copolymers: Effect of star architecture," Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6, 2990-2997.

N. Hadjiantoniou, A. I. Triftaridou, T. K. Georgiou and C. S. Patrickios, "Synthesis and characterization of three-component polyelectrolytic amphiphilic model networks," Macromol. Symp., 2005, 227, 135-142.

T. K. Georgiou, M. Vamvakaki, C. S. Patrickios, E. N. Yamasaki and L. A. Phylactou, "Nanoscopic cationic methacrylate star homopolymers: Synthesis by group transfer polymerization, characterization and evaluation as transfection reagents," Biomacromolecules, 2004, 5, 2221-2229.

T. K. Georgiou, M. Vamvakaki and C. S. Patrickios, "Microphase separation under constraints: A molecular thermodynamic theory for polyelectrolytic amphiphilic model networks in water," Polymer, 2004, 45, 7341-7355.

S. Couderc-Azouani, J. Sidhu, T. K. Georgiou, D. C. Charalambous, M. Vamvakaki, C. S. Patrickios, D. M. Bloor, J. Penfold, J. F. Holzwarth and E. Wyn-Jones, "Binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate to linear and star homopolymers of the nonionic poly(methoxyhexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) and the polycation poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate): Electromotive force, isothermal titration calorimetry, surface tension, and small-angle neutron scattering measurements," Langmuir, 2004, 20, 6458-6469.

E. Loizou, A. I. Triftaridou, T. K. Georgiou, M. Vamvakaki and C. S. Patrickios, "Cationic double-hydrophilic model networks: Synthesis, characterization, modeling and protein adsorption studies," Biomacromolecules, 2003, 4, 1150-1160.

C. S. Patrickios and T. K. Georgiou, "Covalent amphiphilic polymer networks," Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 2003, 8, 76-85.

Book-Chapters:

Kali, G.; Georgiou, T. K.; Iván, B.; Patrickios, C. S.; Loizou, E.; Thomann, Y.; Tiller, J.C. “Nanophase Separated Anionic Amphiphilic Model Polymer Conetworks Based on Methacrylic Acid,” In Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Passivation, Stabilization and Functionalization; Nagarajan, R., Hatton, T. A., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 996; Am. Chem. Society: Chicago, IL, 2008; pp 286-301.

Georgiou, T. K. “Synthesis, Properties, Characterization and Processing of Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications,” In Nanobiomaterials Handbook Sitharaman, B., Eds.; CRC press: New York, 2011; pp 4-1 to 4-30.

Rikkou-Kalourkoti, M.; Patrickios, C.S.; Georgiou, T.K. “Chapter 6.08: Model Networks and Functional Conetworks,” In Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference Matyjaszewski, K; Möller, M.;. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2012; pp 293–308.

Constantinou A. P.; Georgiou, T. K. “Thermoresponsive Multi-Block Copolymers: Chemistry, Properties and Applications” In Temperature Responsive Polymers Georgiou, T. K., Khutoryanskiy, V. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018, pp 35-66.

Books (edited):

Khutoryanskiy, V. and Georgiou T. K. “Temperature Responsive Polymers: Chemistry Properties and Applications” John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018

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