Fabrication of micellar nanoparticles for drug delivery through the self-assembly of block copolymers

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1128-1143

  Tyrrell, Zachary L ^a   Shen, Youqing ^a,b   Radosz, MacIej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymer micelles; Drug delivery; Drug encapsulation; Micelle preparation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; ENCAPSULATION; FABRICATION; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BLOCK CO-POLYMER MICELLES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG ENCAPSULATION; EFFECTIVE SOLUBILITIES; HIGH DRUG LOADINGS; MICELLAR NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE TECHNOLOGIES; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 77956156055     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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