TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Liang A1 - Zhang, Haoran A1 - Bick, Thomas A1 - Martin, Johannes A1 - Wendler, Petra A1 - Böker, Alexander A1 - Glebe, Ulrich A1 - Xing, Chengfen T1 - Construction of highly ordered glyco-inside nano-assemblies through RAFT dispersion polymerization of galactose-decorated monomer JF - Angewandte Chemie : a journal of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker ; International edition N2 - Glyco-assemblies derived from amphiphilic sugar-decorated block copolymers (ASBCs) have emerged prominently due to their wide application, for example, in biomedicine and as drug carriers. However, to efficiently construct these glyco-assemblies is still a challenge. Herein, we report an efficient technology for the synthesis of glyco-inside nano-assemblies by utilizing RAFT polymerization of a galactose-decorated methacrylate for polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA). Using this approach, a series of highly ordered glyco-inside nano-assemblies containing intermediate morphologies were fabricated by adjusting the length of the hydrophobic glycoblock and the polymerization solids content. A specific morphology of complex vesicles was captured during the PISA process and the formation mechanism is explained by the morphology of its precursor and intermediate. Thus, this method establishes a powerful route to fabricate glyco-assemblies with tunable morphologies and variable sizes, which is significant to enable the large-scale fabrication and wide application of glyco-assemblies. KW - galactose-decorated monomer KW - glyco-inside nano-assemblies KW - morphology KW - evolution KW - PISA KW - RAFT dispersion polymerization Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015692 SN - 1433-7851 SN - 1521-3773 VL - 60 IS - 20 SP - 11098 EP - 11103 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lenkeit, Jenny A1 - Schwippert, Knut A1 - Knigge, Michel T1 - Configurations of multiple disparities in reading performance BT - longitudinal observations across France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom JF - Assessment in education : principles, policy & practice N2 - Research provides evidence that gender, immigrant background and socio-economic characteristics present multiple disadvantaging characteristics that change their relative importance and configurations over time. When evaluating inequalities researchers tend to focus on one particular aspect and often use composite measures when evaluating socio-economic characteristics. Neither can fully represent the complexity of students’ various disadvantaging characteristics, which have autonomous associations with attainment and with each other. This paper investigates how the relative importance and configurations of different disadvantaging factors have changed over time to form educational inequalities and how these changes differ across countries. Data from five PISA cycles (2000–2012) for France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom are used and configurations of gender, immigration background, parents’ occupational and educational levels, and the number of books at home evaluated. Results enable us to relate changes (or lack thereof) in configurations of disadvantaging factors to recent reforms targeted at reducing educational inequality after the first PISA results. KW - Educational inequalities KW - PISA KW - multilevel linear regression Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594X.2017.1309352 SN - 0969-594X SN - 1465-329X VL - 25 IS - 1 SP - 52 EP - 86 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER -