Nonlamellar liquid crystalline nanostructured particles: Advances in materials and structure determination

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-28

  Boyd, Ben J ^a   Dong, Yao Da ^a   Rades, Thomas ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Cryo TEM; Cubosomes; Hexosomes; Liquid crystalline particle; Small angle x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; CATION; COPOLYMER; CRYSTALLIN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DILUTION; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPRAY DRYING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LIPOSOMES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 70349578959     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982100802691983     Document Type: Review

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