Formation and stability conditions of DNA-dendrimer nano-clusters

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-528

  Nikakhtar, Ali ^a,b   Nasehzadeh, Asadollah ^a   Mansoori, G Ali ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrimer; Dendronized polymer; DNA; DNA delivery; DNA dendrimer nano cluster; Drug delivery; Gene therapy; Nano cluster formation; Nano cluster stability; Poisson Boltzmann equation

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHAIN LENGTH; DENDRIMERS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOCLUSTERS; POISSON EQUATION;

DENDRONIZED POLYMER; GENE THERAPHY; NANO-CLUSTER STABILITY;

DNA;

EID: 34547112276     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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