The design and development of multifunctional polymers have advanced significantly, enabling precise responses specific to environmental and biological stimuli. This Feature Article highlights our group's contribution toward the design and development of various stimuli-responsive polymer micelles and hydrogels with precise structural and functional control. The amphiphilic copolymers have been designed using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization and have been characterized with controlled molecular weight and narrow dispersity (Đ≈1.3 or less), indicating controlled polymerization. These copolymers self-assemble into micelles with tunable sizes (80–200 nm), controlled drug release profiles, and responsiveness to stimuli, including pH, temperature, redox potential, and light. On the other hand, the hydrogel systems exhibit tunable physical properties such as porosity and strength, enabling applications in co-delivery, hemostasis, and bioelectronics. One of the hydrogels designed from β-cyclodextrin and poly(N-vinyl imidazole) demonstrates excellent hemostatic behavior, revealing less than 1.3 % hemolysis, which is comparable to or even better than that of commercially available hemostats. These materials have been found to be biocompatible and emphasize the potential of molecular-level control in developing adaptive systems for clinical and biomedical applications.
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