The formalism of fractal aggregation phenomena of colloidal drug delivery systems

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Pippa, Natassa ^a   Demetzos, Costas ^a   Danezis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

aggregation; DLVO; fractal; Liposome

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DERJAGUIN LANDAU VERWEY OVERBEEK THEORY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLLOIDS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LIPOSOMES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856827303     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2011.590142     Document Type: Article

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