Measurement of the density of polymeric nanoparticulate drug carriers by isopycnic centrifugation

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 411-418

  Vauthier, C ^a,b   Schmidt, C ^a,b   Couvreur, P ^a,b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buoyant density; Drug delivery; Isopycnic centrifugation; Nanoparticles; Sucrose linear gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000363111     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010031605547     Document Type: Article

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