Thermoresponsive hydrogel with embedded magnetic nanoparticles for the implementation of shrinkable medical microrobots and for targeting and drug delivery applications

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4246-4249

  Lapointe, Jacinthe ^a   Martel, Sylvain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES;

DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC NANO-PARTICLES; POLY(N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); SHRINKING RATES; SPECIFIC LOCATION; THERMO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS; THERMORESPONSIVE MATERIALS; VARIOUS FUNCTIONS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 77950989809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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