Self-assembled polymer membrane capsules inflated by osmotic pressure

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 43, 2004, Pages 14117-14122

  Gordon, Vernita D ^a,f   Chen, Xi ^b,g   Hutchinson, John W ^b   Bausch, Andreas R ^c   Marquez, Manuel ^d,e   Weitz, David A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Nanotechnology Lab   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OSMOSIS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SALTS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYMER MEMBRANE;

POLYMERS;

POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYLYSINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLOID; ENCAPSULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

CAPSULES; COLLOIDS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYLYSINE; POLYSORBATES; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 7444242051     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0474749     Document Type: Article

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