"Polymers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., BIOPOLYMERS; PLASTICS).
| Descriptor ID |
D011108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750 D25.720 J01.637.051.720
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polymers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Polymers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2009 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2010 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polymers" by people in Profiles.
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Gao S, Lim LT, McClements DJ, Qin D, Wang W, Hou H. A review of antimicrobial biodegradable food packaging: design strategies, applications, and challenges. Food Chem. 2026 Sep 01; 522:150094.
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Richardson JD, Rotello VM, Van Lehn RC. Mechanistic insights into hydrophobicity-dependent antimicrobial selectivity of quaternary ammonium poly(oxanorborneneimide) polymers using coarse-grained simulations. Soft Matter. 2026 May 20; 22(19):3488-3505.
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Yang J, Alves C, Nazir K, Jiang M, Araujo N, Rotello VM. A Sensitive Multichannel Fluorescent Polymer Sensor Array for the Detection of Protein Fluctuations in Serum. Sensors (Basel). 2026 Apr 09; 26(8).
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Furrukh AJ, Challagonda J, Barron S, Tran PC, Sidhu SK, Wong A, Rothkopf D. Safety and Efficacy of the Avanti Polyetheretherketone Fixation System for Distal Radius Fractures. Ann Plast Surg. 2026 May 01; 96(Suppl 5):S365-S369.
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Weinhofer AC, Fuller G, Chen S, Brooks S, Santore MM. Reversible Bacterial Depletion Aggregation and Restabilization by Water-Soluble Polymers. Langmuir. 2025 10 21; 41(41):28109-28118.
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Aamir Hassan M, Abdelaziz M, Noor S, Nangmo Kemda P, Tan A, Park J, Rotello VM. Targeting bacterial biofilms using polymer-stabilized nanoemulsions. Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2025 Dec; 22(12):1849-1860.
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Nagaraj H, Jeon T, Cicek YA, Goswami R, Nasim N, Mhaske R, Rotello VM. Efficient Cytosolic Delivery of siRNA Using Lyophilized and Reconstituted Polymer-siRNA Polyplexes. Pharm Res. 2025 Dec; 42(12):2369-2377.
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Ling X, Golovenko D, Gan J, Ma J, Korostelev AA, Fang W. Cryo-EM structure of a natural RNA nanocage. Nature. 2025 08; 644(8078):1107-1115.
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Zhong J, McClements DJ, He K, Zhang Z, Zhang R, Qiu C, Long J, Zhou X, Zhao J, Jin Z, Chen L. Innovative applications of bio-inspired technology in bio-based food packaging. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2025; 65(30):6737-6750.
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Rafique MG, Laurent Q, Dore MD, Fakih HH, Trinh T, Rizzuto FJ, Sleiman HF. Sequence-Defined DNA Polymers: New Tools for DNA Nanotechnology and Nucleic Acid Therapy. Acc Chem Res. 2025 01 21; 58(2):177-188.