Electroactive nanoporous valve for controlled drug delivery

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 95-97

  Kurz, R ^a   Sickinger, A ^a   Robitzki, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electroactive polymer; Nanopores; Polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSENSORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MEDICINE; NANOPORES; NANOSYSTEMS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; POLYPYRROLES; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

CARRIER SUBSTRATE; CONTROLLED RELEASE; DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATES; DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANTS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NANOPOROUS MEMBRANE; POLYMER POLYPYRROLE;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 77949880142     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03887-7_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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