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Team Polymer and Colloidal Immunotherapeutics developed an efficient method for anchoring synthetic polymers to the surface of magnetic nanoparticles. The effectiveness of this surface treatment was subsequently assessed in vivo in collaboration with CAPI team from the 1st Faculty of Medicine.

In the framework of the European project NEWELY, the scientific team of IMC and UCT has developed homogeneous ion-exchange membranes with low surface resistance for highly efficient membrane-based alkaline electrolysis of water. The project was awarded the "Best Innovation Award 2022“ of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership at the European Hydrogen Week 2022 - "The secret to success is in the membrane".

A Czech-French research team has developed an anti-tumor micellar drug delivery system with ultrasound-triggered drug release and successfully tested it in a mousebrain tumor - glioma model. The biodistribution of the system within the organism and its accumulation in tumor can be monitored in real time as a direct feedback by PET or fluorescence.

Scientists from the IMC prepared fluorescent polymer probes designed for fluorescent guided surgery, which can light up tumors and more accurately showed tumor borders for easier resection of the whole tumor.

Scientist from the IMC developed a novel polypyrrole-based adsorbent of Cr(VI) ions with good handling properties for water purifications.

IMC scientists designed two-color optical contrast agent with reduced degradability under physiological conditions that is suitable for in vitro and in vivo imaging.

As part of the Czech-German-Japanese collaboration, scientists from the IMC participated in the study of changes in illumination intensity in the kinetics of the singlet oxygen signal and photosensitizer phosphorescence in vivo, using time-resolved optical detection in the NIR.

In the journal Nanomaterials, an article revealing the influence of electron-donor units on the formation of silver nanoparticles on the surface of thin layers of donor-acceptor copolymers was published.

He received the title of professor on the proposal of the Scientific Council of Charles University for the field of macromolecular chemistry.

The OW Prize is awarded to selected, exceptionally high-quality young researchers of the CAS under the age of 35.

Within an international collaboration, IMC scientists participated in a study on the modeling of acrylic acid, methyl acrylate, and t-butylacrylamide copolymerization with the aim to optimize the industrial synthesis of multifunctional copolymers used in personal care products.

Within the international cooperation of IMC-UFABC, a paper focused on the influence of the permeability of polymersomes membranes on the release of encapsulated drug was published in Biomacromolecules.

In ACS OMEGA, IMC researches presented a versatile platform for the synthesis of pH-responsive diblock copolymer (PHPMA-b-PDPA) micelles and vesicles (polymersomes) obtained via microwave-assisted RAFT-PISA which may attract considerable attention in the drug-delivery field.

Journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces published a paper about influence of Zr-based metal-organic framework structure on properties of its composites with polyaniline.

First step of future investigations on dielectric properties of geopolymer for sensing applications in the field of building materials - international collaboration results were published in Materials and Structures.

The journal Pharmaceutics published a paper on nanofibrous drug carriers with prolonged release and biological activity against cancer cells with potential for local treatment of e.g. intraocular tumor retinoblastoma.

IMC scientists designed new Rose Bengal-conjugated and PEG-coated hexagonal upconverting nanoparticles to kill tumor cells by photodynamic therapy.

The journal Cell Transplantation has published results of in-vivo study of the survival, differentiation, and safety/tumorigenicity of reprogrammed human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neuronal precursors for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

In research sponsored by the U.S. company Axalta Coating Systems, IMC scientists described the synthesis of well-defined low-molecular weight (co)polymers of glycidyl methacrylate applicable in the formulation of automotive coating mixtures.

Journal Solid State Ionics published work on the development of electrochemically, mechanically and thermally stable, efficient and versatile “green” gel polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries based on cross-linked 2-polyoxazolines.