Functional dendritic polymer architectures as stimuli-responsive nanocarriers

Biochimie

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1242-1251

  Calderón, Marcelo ^a   Quadir, Mohiuddin A ^a   Strumia, Miriam ^b   Haag, Rainer ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dendritic architectures; Drug encapsulation; Nanocarriers; Polymer therapeutics; Stimuli responsive

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; NANOCARRIER;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NANOENCAPSULATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DENDRIMERS; DRUG CARRIERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 77955846060     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.02.017     Document Type: Short Survey

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