Nanofiber micelles from the self-assembly of block copolymers

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Qian, Jieshu ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Manners, Ian ^b   Winnik, Mitchell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID FIBERS; BLOCK COPOLYMER MICELLES; CYTOSOLIC PROTEINS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; IMPACT MODIFIERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANO-SCALE CERAMICS; NANOMETER DIMENSIONS; PROTEIN FIBERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DRUG DELIVERY; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; PROTEINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICELLES;

4 VINYLPYRIDINE; ACTIN; AMYLOID; COPOLYMER; DIMETICONE; MACROGOL; METAL; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT;

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

DRUG CARRIERS; MICELLES; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 74049163264     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.11.003     Document Type: Review

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