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Expertise Summary

Polymer synthesis, drug delivery, smart materials

Research Summary

Key research foci include smart materials (Adv. Mater.2015, Nature Mater 2014, Nanoscale 2014), drug and gene delivery (Mol. Ther 2015, PLosOne 2014, Small 2013, Mol. Pharmaceutics 2012), and… read more

Selected Publications

• MAGENNIS EP, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, SUI C, SPAIN SG, BRADSHAW DJ, CHURCHLEY D, MANTOVANI G, WINZER K and ALEXANDER C, 2014. Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling. Nature Materials. 13, 748-755
• LUI LT, XUE X, SUI C, BROWN A, PRITCHARD DI, HALLIDAY N, WINZER K, HOWDLE SM, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, KRASNOGOR N and ALEXANDER C, 2013. Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum-sensing-controlled phenotypes. Nature Chemistry. 5(12), 1058-65
• SOLIMAN, M., NASANIT, R., ABULATEEFEH, S.R., ALLEN, S., DAVIES, M.C., BRIGGS, S.S., SEYMOUR, L.W., PREECE, J.A., GRABOWSKA, A.M., WATSON, S.A. and ALEXANDER, C., 2012. Multicomponent synthetic polymers with viral-mimetic chemistry for nucleic acid delivery Molecular Pharmaceutics. 9(1), 1-13
• XUE, X., PASPARAKIS, G., HALLIDAY, N., WINZER, K., HOWDLE, S.M., CRAMPHORN, C.J., CAMERON, N.R., GARDNER, P.M., DAVIS, B.G., FERNÁNDEZ-TRILLO, F. and ALEXANDER, C., 2011. Synthetic polymers for simultaneous bacterial sequestration and quorum sense interference Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(42), 9852-9856

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Current Research

Key research foci include smart materials (Adv. Mater.2015, Nature Mater 2014, Nanoscale 2014), drug and gene delivery (Mol. Ther 2015, PLosOne 2014, Small 2013, Mol. Pharmaceutics 2012), and synthetic biology (Artificial Life 2015, Nature Chem 2013, Angew Chem Int Ed. 2012 & 2011).

Current projects are investigating controlled release of therapeutics from synthetic-biopolymer complexes and conjugates, targeted degradable polymers for anti-microbial, drug, gene and cell therapies, and smart materials for protein and cell recognition. Collaborative projects span disciplines including synthetic chemistry, pharmaceutics, cell biology, regenerative medicine, microbial resistance and synthetic biology.

Measures of Esteem

• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder, 2016-
• EPSRC Impact Fellowship 2016-18
• RSC/SCI Macro Group Medal and Lectureship 2014
• EPSRC Leadership Fellowship - 2009-2014.
• Chair of EPSRC Physical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team - 2016 -2019.
• Academic Lead - EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, Nottingham 2012-2015.
• EPSRC Materials Science Strategy Review Panel 2012-2014.
• Head of Division: Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, School of Pharmacy 2009-
• Director - EPSRC/AstraZeneca/University of Nottingham Doctoral Training Centre 2006-
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2006-2013
• Member of International Advisory Board, Biomaterials Science, 2012-
• Steering Group Member for RSC Review of Chemical Biology, 2007.
• EPSRC Peer Review College 2003--
• Australian Research Council Peer Review College member 2014-

• Teaching

  Pharmaceutics lead for Cancers DMP module 2014 and contributor to drug delivery / pharmaceutics modules, Applied Biomolecular Technology MSc

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Past Research

Polymer synthesis, organic magnets, self-assembly of liquid crystalline polymers and molecular imprinting

Future Research

Advanced Biomaterials

Nanomedicines

Responsive polymers

Anti-Microbial Resistance

Synthetic Biology

• IRIA LOUZAO, BRITTA KOCH, VINCENZO TARESCO, LAURA RUIZ CANTU, DEREK J IRVINE, CLIVE J. ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER J TUCK, CAMERON ALEXANDER, RICHARD J.M. HAGUE, RICKY D. WILDMAN and MORGAN R. ALEXANDER, 2018. Identification of Novel ‘Inks’ for 3D Printing Using High Throughput Screening: Bioresorbable Photocurable Polymers for Controlled Drug Delivery ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
• SAYERS, EDWARD J., MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., MOODY, PAUL R., MASTROTTO, FRANCESCA, CONTE, CLAUDIA, BRAZZALE, CHIARA, BORRI, PAOLA, CALICET, PAOLO, WATSON, PETER, MANTOVANI, GIUSEPPE, AYLOTT, JONATHAN, SALMASO, STEFANO, JONES, ARWYN T. and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. Switching of Macromolecular Ligand Display by Thermoresponsive Polymers Mediates Endocytosis of Multiconjugate Nanoparticles BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY. 29(4), 1030-1046
• SOLIMAN, MAHMOUD E, ELMOWAFY, ENAS, CASETTARI, LUCA and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. Star-shaped poly(oligoethylene glycol) copolymer-based gels: Thermo-responsive behaviour and bioapplicability for risedronate intranasal delivery. International journal of pharmaceutics. 543(1-2), 224-233
• XUE, XUAN, THIAGARAJAN, LALITHA, DIXON, JAMES E., SAUNDERS, BRIAN R., SHAKESHEFF, KEVIN M. and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. Post-Modified Polypeptides with UCST-Type Behavior for Control of Cell Attachment in Physiological Conditions MATERIALS. 11(1),
• SANNA, MONICA, SICILIA, GIOVANNA, ALAZZO, ALI, SINGH, NISHANT, MUSUMECI, FRANCESCA, SCHENONE, SILVIA, SPRIGGS, KEITH A., BURLEY, JONATHAN C., GARNETT, MARTIN C., TARESCO, VINCENZO and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. Water Solubility Enhancement of Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine Derivatives via Miniaturized Polymer-Drug Microarrays ACS MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. 9(3), 193-197
• CONTE, CLAUDIA, MASTROTTO, FRANCESCA, TARESCO, VINCENZO, TCHORYK, ALEKSANDRA, QUAGLIA, FABIANA, STOLNIK, SNJEZANA and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2018. Enhanced uptake in 2D-and 3D-lung cancer cell models of redox responsive PEGylated nanoparticles with sensitivity to reducing extra- and intracellular environments JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE. 277, 126-141
• PURDIE, LAURA, ALEXANDER, CAMERON, SPAIN, SEBASTIAN G. and MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., 2018. Alkyl-Modified Oligonucleotides as Intercalating Vehicles for Doxorubicin Uptake via Albumin Binding MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS. 15(2), 437-446
• ALAZZO A, LOVATO T, COLLINS HM, TARESCO V, STOLNIK S, SOLIMAN M, SPRIGGS K and ALEXANDER C, 2018. Structural variations in hyperbranched polymers prepared via thermal polycondensation of lysine and histidine and their effects on DNA delivery Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine. (In Press.)
• GULFAM M, MATINI T, MONTEIRO PF, RIVA R, COLLINS H, SPRIGGS K, HOWDLE SM, JÉRÔME C and ALEXANDER C, 2017. Bioreducible cross-linked core polymer micelles enhance in vitro activity of methotrexate in breast cancer cells. Biomaterials science. (In Press.)
• MAKWANA H, MASTROTTO F, MAGNUSSON JP, SLEEP D, HAY J, NICHOLLS KJ, ALLEN S and ALEXANDER C, 2017. Engineered Polymer-Transferrin Conjugates as Self-Assembling Targeted Drug Delivery Systems. Biomacromolecules. 18(5), 1532-1543
• ENGLAND RM, HARE JI, BARNES J, WILSON J, SMITH A, STRITTMATTER N, KEMMITT PD, WARING MJ, BARRY ST, ALEXANDER C and ASHFORD MB, 2017. Tumour regression and improved gastrointestinal tolerability from controlled release of SN-38 from novel polyoxazoline-modified dendrimers. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society. 247, 73-85
• B BLANCO-FERNANDEZ, A CONCHEIRO, H MAKWANA, F FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, C ALEXANDER and C ALVAREZ-LORENZO, 2017. Dually sensitive dextran-based micelles for methotrexate delivery RSC Advances. 7, 14448-14460
• AMANDA K. PEARCE, ALESSANDRA TRAVANUT, BENOIT COUTURAUD, VINCENZO TARESCO, STEVEN M. HOWDLE, MORGAN R. ALEXANDER and CAMERON ALEXANDER, 2017. Versatile Routes to Functional RAFT Chain Transfer Agents through the Passerini Multicomponent Reaction ACS Macro Letters. 6, 781–785
• MAGENNIS EP, FRANCINI N, MASTROTTO F, CATANIA R, REDHEAD M, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, BRADSHAW D, CHURCHLEY D, WINZER K, ALEXANDER C and MANTOVANI G, 2017. Polymers for binding of the gram-positive oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans. PloS one. 12(7), e0180087
• BRAZZALE, C., MASTROTTO, F., MOODY, P., WATSON, P. D., BALASSO, A., MALFANTI, A., MANTOVANI, G., CALICETI, P., ALEXANDER, C., JONES, A. T. and SALMASO, S., 2017. Control of targeting ligand display by pH-responsive polymers on gold nanoparticles mediates selective entry into cancer cells Nanoscale. 9, 11137-11147
• XUE X, THIAGARAJAN L, BRAIM S, SAUNDERS BR, SHAKESHEFF KM and ALEXANDER C, 2017. Upper critical solution temperature thermo-responsive polymer brushes and a mechanism for controlled cell attachment JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B. 5(25), 4926-4933
• FORALOSSO R, MOIR L, MASTROTTO F, SASSO L, TCHORYK A, ABOUSELO A, GRABOWSKA AM, ASHFORD MB, AYLOTT J, GELLERT PR, SPAIN SG and ALEXANDER C, 2017. Control of aggregation temperatures in mixed and blended cytocompatible thermoresponsive block co-polymer nanoparticles Soft Matter. 13, 7441-7452
• RUITER F, ALEXANDER C, ROSE FRAJ and SEGAL J, 2017. A design of experiments (DoE) approach to identify the influencing parameters that determine poly-D,L-lactic acid (PDLLA) electrospun scaffold morphologies J. Biomedical Materials. 12,
• MAGENNIS, EUGENE P., FRANCINI, NORA, MASTROTTO, FRANCESCA, CATANIA, ROSA, REDHEAD, MARTIN, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, FRANCISCO, BRADSHAW, DAVID, CHURCHLEY, DAVID, WINZER, KLAUS, ALEXANDER, CAMERON and MANTOVANI, GIUSEPPE, 2017. Polymers for binding of the gram-positive oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans PLOS ONE. 12(7),
• SICILIA GIOVANNA, DAVIS ADRIENNE L, SPAIN SEBASTIAN G, MAGNUSSON JOHANNES P, BOASE NATHAN RB, THURECHT KRISTOFER J and ALEXANDER CAMERON, 2016. Synthesis of 19F nucleic acid–polymer conjugates as real-time MRI probes of biorecognition Polymer Chemistry.
• LUO T, MAGNUSSON J, PRÉAT V, FRÉDÉRICK R, ALEXANDER C, BOSQUILLON C and VANBEVER R, 2016. Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Polyethylene Glycol-Paclitaxel Conjugates for Lung Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutical research. 33(7), 1671-81
• MAGENNIS EP, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, SUI C, SPAIN SG, BRADSHAW DJ, CHURCHLEY D, MANTOVANI G, WINZER K and ALEXANDER C, 2016. Corrigendum: Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling. Nature Materials. 15(2), 243
• PURDIE L, ALEXANDER C, SPAIN SG and MAGNUSSON JP, 2016. Influence of Polymer Size on Uptake and Cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin-Loaded DNA-PEG Conjugates. Bioconjugate chemistry. 27(5), 1244-52
• LOUZAO I., SUI C., WINZER K., FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F. and ALEXANDER C., 2015. Cationic polymer mediated bacterial clustering: Cell-adhesive properties of homo- and copolymers. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 95, 47–62
• ROSENGREN-HOLMBERG, J. P., ANDERSSON, J., SMITH, J. R., ALEXANDER, C., ALEXANDER, M. R., TOVAR, G., EKDAHL, K. N. and NICHOLLS, I. A., 2015. Heparin molecularly imprinted surfaces for the attenuation of complement activation in blood Biomaterials Science. 3(8), 1208-1217
• SAEED A, FRANCINI N, WHITE L, DIXON J, GOULD T, RASHIDI H, CHEIKH AL GHANAMI R, HRUSCHKA V, REDL H, SAUNDERS BR, ALEXANDER C and SHAKESHEFF KM, 2015. A Thermoresponsive and Magnetic Colloid for 3D Cell Expansion and Reconfiguration Advanced Materials. 27, 662-558
• GRABOWSKA ANNA M, KIRCHEIS R, KUMARI R, CLARKE P, MCKENZIE A, HUGHES J, MAYNE C, DESAI A, SASSO L, WATSON S and ALEXANDER C, 2015. Systemic in vivo delivery of siRNA to tumours using combination of polyethyleneimine and transferrin–polyethyleneimine conjugates Biomaterials Science. Available online..
• MALAKOOTI N, ALEXANDER C and ALVAREZ-LORENZO C, 2015. Imprinted Contact Lenses for Sustained Release of Polymyxin B and Related Antimicrobial Peptides Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 104, 3386-3394
• BRAIM SA, SHAKESHEFF KM and SAUNDERS BR, 2015. Thermoresponsive magnetic colloidal gels via surface-initiated polymerisation from functional microparticles Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 4, 962-972
• MOODY, PAUL R., SAYERS, EDWARD J., MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., ALEXANDER, CAMERON, BORRI, PAOLA, WATSON, PETER and JONES, ARWYN T., 2015. Receptor Crosslinking: A General Method to Trigger Internalization and Lysosomal Targeting of Therapeutic Receptor:Ligand Complexes MOLECULAR THERAPY. 23(12), 1888-1898
• FARRUGIA M, MORGAN SP, ALEXANDER C and MATHER ML, 2014. Ultrasonic monitoring of drug loaded Pluronic F127 micellular hydrogel phase behaviour. Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 34, 280-6
• ROLFE BE, BLAKEY I, SQUIRES O, PENG H, BOASE NRB, ALEXANDER C, PARSONS PG, BOYLE GM, WHITTAKER AK and THURECHT KJ, 2014. Multimodal polymer nanoparticles with combined 19F magnetic resonance and optical detection for tunable, targeted, multimodal imaging in vivo. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(6), 2413-9
• MAGENNIS EP, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, SUI C, SPAIN SG, BRADSHAW DJ, CHURCHLEY D, MANTOVANI G, WINZER K and ALEXANDER C, 2014. Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling. Nature Materials. 13, 748-755
• SICILIA, GIOVANNA, GRAINGER-BOULTBY, CHRISTINE, FRANCINI, NORA, MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., SAEED, ARAM O., FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, FRANCISCO, SPAIN, SEBASTIAN G. and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2014. Programmable polymer-DNA hydrogels with dual input and multiscale responses BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 2(2), 203-211
• MATINI, TERESA, FRANCINI, NORA, BATTOCCHIO, ANNA, SPAIN, SEBASTIAN G., MANTOVANI, GIUSEPPE, VICENT, MARIA J., SANCHIS, JOAQUIN, GALLON, ELENA, MASTROTTO, FRANCESCA, SALMASO, STEFANO, CALICETI, PAOLO and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2014. Synthesis and characterization of variable conformation pH responsive block co-polymers for nucleic acid delivery and targeted cell. entry POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 5(5), 1626-1636
• ALEXANDER C, 2014. Self-assembly of biopolymers - recent progress and future prospects. Faraday Discuss. 166, 449-452
• MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, FRANCISCO, SICILIA, GIOVANNA, SPAIN, SEBASTIAN G. and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2014. Programmed assembly of polymer-DNA conjugate nanoparticles with optical readout and sequence-specific activation of biorecognition NANOSCALE. 6(4), 2368-2374
• IVANOV DP, PARKER TL, WALKER DA, ALEXANDER C, ASHFORD MB, GELLERT PR and GARNETT MC, 2014. Multiplexing spheroid volume, resazurin and acid phosphatase viability assays for high-throughput screening of tumour spheroids and stem cell neurospheres. PloS one. 9(8), e103817
• KHAN ADNAN R, MAGNUSSON JOHANNES PALL, WATSON SUE, GRABOWSKA ANNA M, WILKINSON ROBERT W, ALEXANDER CAMERON and PRITCHARD DAVID, 2014. Camptothecin prodrug block copolymer micelles with high drug loading and target specificity Polymer Chemistry. 5(18), 5320-5329
• ABULATEEFEH, S.R., SPAIN, S.G., THURECHT, K.J., AYLOTT, J.W., CHAN, W.C., GARNETT, M.C. and ALEXANDER, C., 2013. Enhanced uptake of nanoparticle drug carriers via a thermoresponsive shell enhances cytotoxicity in a cancer cell line Biomaterials Science. 1(4), 434-442
• SHAHIDAN NN, ALEXANDER C, SHAKESHEFF KM and SAUNDERS BR, 2013. Gelation of microsphere dispersions using a thermally-responsive graft polymer. Journal of colloid and interface science. 396, 187-96
• FOWLER, R., VLLASALIU, D., TRILLO, F.F., GARNETT, M., ALEXANDER, C., HORSLEY, H., SMITH, B., WHITCOMBE, I., EATON, M. and STOLNIK, S., 2013. Nanoparticle transport in epithelial cells: pathway switching through bioconjugation Small. 9(19), 3282-3294
• FOWLER R, VLLASALIU D, FALCONE FH, GARNETT M, SMITH B, HORSLEY H, ALEXANDER C and STOLNIK S, 2013. Uptake and transport of B12-conjugated nanoparticles in airway epithelium. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society. 172(1), 374-381
• YAŞAYAN G, MAGNUSSON JP, SICILIA G, SPAIN SG, ALLEN S, DAVIES MC and ALEXANDER C, 2013. Multi-modal switching in responsive DNA block co-polymer conjugates. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 15(38), 16263-74
• GALLAS A, ALEXANDER C, DAVIES MC, PURI S and ALLEN S, 2013. Chemistry and formulations for siRNA therapeutics. Chemical Society reviews. 42(20), 7983-97
• LUI, L.T., XUE, X., SUI, C., BROWN, A., PRITCHARD, D.I., HALLIDAY, N., WINZER, K., HOWDLE, S.M., FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, F., KRASNOGOR, N. and ALEXANDER, C., 2013. Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum-sensing-controlled phenotypes Nature Chemistry. n/a(n/a), n/a
• VLLASALIU, DRITON, SHUBBER, SAIF, FOWLER, ROBYN, GARNETT, MARTIN, ALEXANDER, CAMERON and STOLNIK, SNOW, 2013. Epithelial toxicity of alkylglycoside surfactants JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES. 102(1), 114-125
• MASTROTTO, FRANCESCA, SALMASO, STEFANO, ALEXANDER, CAMERON, MANTOVANI, GIUSEPPE and CALICETI, PAOLO, 2013. Novel pH-responsive nanovectors for controlled release of ionisable drugs JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B. 1(39), 5335-5346
• SHAHIDAN NN, LIU R, THAIBOONROD S, ALEXANDER C, SHAKESHEFF KM and SAUNDERS BR, 2013. Hollow colloidosomes prepared using accelerated solvent evaporation. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 29(45), 13676-85
• LUI LT, XUE X, SUI C, BROWN A, PRITCHARD DI, HALLIDAY N, WINZER K, HOWDLE SM, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, KRASNOGOR N and ALEXANDER C, 2013. Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum-sensing-controlled phenotypes. Nature Chemistry. 5(12), 1058-65
• MAGNUSSON JP, FERNÁNDEZ-TRILLO F, SICILIA G, SPAIN SG and ALEXANDER C, 2013. Programmed assembly of polymer-DNA conjugate nanoparticles with optical readout and sequence-specific activation of biorecognition. Nanoscale. (In Press.)
• SOLIMAN, M., NASANIT, R., ABULATEEFEH, S.R., ALLEN, S., DAVIES, M.C., BRIGGS, S.S., SEYMOUR, L.W., PREECE, J.A., GRABOWSKA, A.M., WATSON, S.A. and ALEXANDER, C., 2012. Multicomponent synthetic polymers with viral-mimetic chemistry for nucleic acid delivery Molecular Pharmaceutics. 9(1), 1-13
• VLLASALIU, D., ALEXANDER, C., GARNETT, M., EATON, M. and STOLNIK, S., 2012. Fc-mediated transport of nanoparticles across airway epithelial cell layers Journal of Controlled Release. 158(3), 479–486
• VLLASALIU D, SHUBBER S, GARNETT M, ALEXANDER C, EATON M and STOLNIK S, 2012. Evaluation Of Calcium Depletion As A Strategy For Enhancement Of Mucosal Absorption Of Macromolecules. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications. 418(1), 128-33
• REDHEAD, M., MANTOVANI, G., NAWAZ, S., CARBONE, P., GORECKI, D.C., ALEXANDER, C. and BOSQUILLON, C., 2012. Relationship between the affinity of PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymers for biological membranes and their cellular effects Pharmaceutical Research. 29(7), 1908-1918
• YASAYAN, GOKCEN, REDHEAD, MARTIN, MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES P., SPAIN, SEBASTIAN G., ALLEN, STEPHANIE, DAVIES, MARTYN, ALEXANDER, CAMERON and FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, FRANCISCO, 2012. Well-defined polymeric vesicles with high stability and modulation of cell uptake by a simple coating protocol Polymer Chemistry. 3, 2596-2604
• ALBUZAT T, KEIL M, ELLIS J, ALEXANDER C and WENZ G, 2012. Transfection of luciferase DNA into various cells by cationic cyclodextrin polyrotaxanes derived from ionene-11 Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(17), 8558-8565
• VLLASALIU D, SHUBBER S, FOWLER R, GARNETT M, ALEXANDER C and STOLNIK S, 2012. Epithelial toxicity of alkylglycoside surfactants. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences. (In Press.)
• NAWAZ, S., REDHEAD, M., MANTOVANI, G., ALEXANDER, C., BOSQUILLON, C. and CARBONE, P., 2012. Interactions of PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymers with lipid membranes: a computational and experimental study linking membrane lysis with polymer structure Soft Matter. 8(25), 6744-6754
• COOPER GJT, BOWMAN RW, MAGENNIS EP, FERNANDEZ-TRILLO F, ALEXANDER C, PADGETT MJ and CRONIN L, 2012. Directed assembly of inorganic polyoxometalate-based micrometer-scale tubular architectures by using optical control. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English). 51(51), 12754-8
• SAEED, A.O., MAGNUSSON, J.P., MORADI, E., SOLIMAN, M., WANG, W., STOLNIK, S., THURECHT, K.J., HOWDLE, S.M. and ALEXANDER, C., 2011. Modular construction of multifunctional bioresponsive cell-targeted nanoparticles for gene delivery Bioconjugate Chemistry. 22(2), 156-168
• XUE, X., PASPARAKIS, G., HALLIDAY, N., WINZER, K., HOWDLE, S.M., CRAMPHORN, C.J., CAMERON, N.R., GARDNER, P.M., DAVIS, B.G., FERNÁNDEZ-TRILLO, F. and ALEXANDER, C., 2011. Synthetic polymers for simultaneous bacterial sequestration and quorum sense interference Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(42), 9852-9856
• YASAYAN G., SAEED, A.O., FERNANDEZ-TRILLO, F., ALLEN, S., DAVIES, M.C., JANGHER, A., PAUL, A., THURECHT, K.J., KING, S.M., SCHWEINS, R., GRIFFITHS, P.C., MAGNUSSON, J.P. and ALEXANDER, C., 2011. Responsive hybrid block co-polymer conjugates of proteins-controlled architecture to modulate substrate specificity and solution behaviour Polymer Chemistry. 2(7), 1567-1578
• IEONG, N.S., REDHEAD, M., BOSQUILLON, C., ALEXANDER, C., KELLAND, M. and O'REILLY, R.K., 2011. The missing lactam-thermoresponsive and biocompatible poly(N-vinylpiperidone) polymers by xanthate-mediated RAFT polymerization Macromolecules. 44(4), 886-893
• SAMER R. ABULATEEFAH, SEBASTIAN G. SPAIN, JONATHAN W. AYLOTT, WENG CHAN, MARTIN C. GARNETT and CAMERON ALEXANDER, 2011. Thermoresponsive colloids in cancer therapy Macromolecular Bioscience.
• DEY, S., KELLAM, B., ALEXANDER, M.R., ALEXANDER, C. and ROSE, F.R.A.J., 2011. Enzyme-passage free culture of mouse embryonic stem cells on thermo-responsive polymer surfaces Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(19), 6883-6890
• MASTROTTO, F., CALICETI, P., AMENDOLA, V., BERSANI, S., MAGNUSSON, J.P., MENEGHETTI, M., MANTOVANI, G., ALEXANDER, C. and SALMASO, S., 2011. Polymer control of ligand display on gold nanoparticles for multimodal switchable cell targeting Chemical Communications. 47(35), 9846-9848
• SHAHIDAN NN, LIU R, CELLESI F, ALEXANDER C, SHAKESHEFF KM and SAUNDERS BR, 2011. Thermally triggered assembly of cationic graft copolymers containing 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate side chains. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 27(22), 13868-78
• ALEXANDER, C and O'REILLY, RK, 2011. Materials Chemistry In The Emerging Field Of Synthetic Biology
• SOLIMAN, MAHMOUD, ALLEN, STEPHANIE, DAVIES, MARTYN C and ALEXANDER, CAMERON, 2010. Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes for triggered release of nucleic acid therapeutics. Chemical Communications. 46(30), 5421-33
• FRAYLICH, MICHAEL R, LIU, RUIXUE, RICHARDSON, STEPHEN M, BAIRD, PAULINE, HOYLAND, JUDITH, FREEMONT, ANTHONY J, ALEXANDER, CAMERON, SHAKESHEFF, KEVIN, CELLESI, FRANCESCO and SAUNDERS, BRIAN R, 2010. Thermally-triggered gelation of PLGA dispersions: towards an injectable colloidal cell delivery system. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 344(1), 61-9
• SOLIMAN, M., NASANIT, R., ALLEN, S., DAVIES, M.C., BRIGGS, S.S., SEYMOUR, L.W., PREECE, J.A. and ALEXANDER, C., 2010. Interaction of reducible polypeptide gene delivery vectors with supported lipid bilayers: pore formation and structure–function relationships Soft Matter. 6(11), 2517-2524
• ALEXANDER, C. and GILL, I., 2010. Responsive materials MRS BULLETIN- MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY. VOL 35(NUMB 9), 659-664
• NEWLAND, BEN, TAI, HONGYUN, ZHENG, YU, VELASCO, DIEGO, DI LUCA, ANDREA, HOWDLE, STEVEN M, ALEXANDER, CAMERON, WANG, WENXIN and PANDIT, ABHAY, 2010. A highly effective gene delivery vector--hyperbranched poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) from in situ deactivation enhanced ATRP. Chemical Communications. 46(26), 4698-700
• HEATH, F., SAEED, A., PENNADAM, S., THURECHT, K. and ALEXANDER, C., 2010. `Isothermal' phase transitions and supramolecular architecture changes in thermoresponsive polymers via acid-labile side-chains POLYMER CHEMISTRY. VOL 1(NUMBER 8), 1252-1262
• THURECHT, K.J., BLAKEY, I., PENG, H., SQUIRES, O., HSU, S., ALEXANDER, C. and WHITTAKER, A.K., 2010. Functional hyperbranched polymers: toward targeted in vivo ¹⁹F magnetic resonance imaging using designed macromolecules Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(15), 5336-5337
• MAGNUSSON, JOHANNES PALL, BERSANI, SARA, SALMASO, STEFANO, ALEXANDER, CAMERON and CALICETI, PAOLO, 2010. In situ growth of side-chain PEG polymers from functionalized human growth hormone-a new technique for preparation of enhanced protein-polymer conjugates. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 21(4), 671-8
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