Polymersomes, smaller than you think: Ferrocene as a TEM probe to determine core structure

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1997-2001

  Johnston, A H ^a   Dalton, P D ^b   Newman, T A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Characterization; Nanoparticle; PCL; PEG; Pharmacokinetics; Polymersomes; TEM

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CORE STRUCTURE; DIFFERENT SIZES; FERROCENES; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; INTERNAL VOLUME; MEAN DIAMETER; PEG; POLYMERSOMES; TEM;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; PHARMACOKINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYMERS;

FERROCENE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) BLOCK POLY(EPSILON CAPROLACTONE)METHYL ETHER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77955013371     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-010-9886-5     Document Type: Article

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