Micro and nano systems in biomedicine and drug delivery

Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for Biomedical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-26

  Hasirci, Nesrin ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dendrimers; drug carriers; liposomes; micelles; responsive polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960905082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6289-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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