Highly responsive and rapid hydrogen peroxide-triggered degradation of polycaprolactone nanoparticles

Peng‐Hao Hsu, Carina Arboleda, Alexandra Stubelius, Lingwei Li, Jason Olejniczak, Adah Almutairi

Biomaterials Science · 2020 · 17 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

We synthesized an oxidation-responsive polycaprolactone (O-PCL) bearing pendant arylboronic esters as H2O2-responsive motifs. H2O2 induces fast depolymerization of O-PCL within days. Nanoparticles formulated from O-PCL disintegrate and release payload in response to concentrations of H2O2 (50 μM) that are relevant to human disease.

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