Microgels: Old materials with new applications

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages 117-142

  Das, Mallika ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core shell particles; Drug delivery; Hybrid microgels; Microlenses; Microreactors; Nanoparticles; Phoionic materials; Polymer microgels

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CYANIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOPOLYMERIC MICROGELS; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY; MICROREACTORS;

GELS;

EID: 33749186626     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.36.011205.123513     Document Type: Article

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