“…The polyelectrolyte blocks of the neutral-ionic copolymers constitute the grey core, whereas the neutral blocks (blue and green) reside in the micellar corona. S-b-A PEO-b-PAsp + PEO-b-PLys bcp [1,90,91] PiPrOx-b-PAsp + PiPrOx-b-PLys bcp [92] PAAm-b-PAA + PGMA-b-PDMAEMA bcp [93] PVOH-b-PAA + PEO-b-P2MVP bcp [94] PNIPAAm-b-PAA + PEO-b-P2MVP bcp [95] [175] (continued on next page) [190,191] [194,195] PEO(Lactose)-b-PDMAEMA + pDNA DNA [196] PEO(Acetal)-b-PDMAEMA + pDNA DNA [197,198] PEO-b-PLys + pDNA DNA [199][200][201][202][203][204][205] [194,195] S-co-C P(NIPAAm-co-MADAMB) + P(NIPAAm-co-AMPS) cp [169] P(EO-co-DADMAC) + P(EO-co-AMPS) cp [ Colloidal stability of S-C3Ms depends on the copolymer block length ratio, the total block length of the copolymer, the chemical structure of the corona monomers, and the molecular weight and type of ionic groups of the homopolymer (see also Section 5.6). The differences between D-C3Ms and S-C3Ms have been investigated by several groups [44,90,98].…”