Visualization of PEO-PBLA-pyrene polymeric micelles by atomic force microscopy

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1721-1726

  Liaw, Jiahorng ^a   Aoyagi, Takao ^b   Kataoka, Kazunori ^c   Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^b   Okano, Teruo ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; DLS; Polymeric micelles; Pyrene

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) POLY(BETA BENZYL ASPARTATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MICELLE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PYRENES;

EID: 0031759126     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011908728838     Document Type: Article

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