Flow-directed assembly of block copolymer vesicles in the lab-on-a-chip

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 15756-15761

  Wang, Chih Wei ^a   Bains, Aman ^a   Sinton, David ^b   Moffitt, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER VESICLES; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATIONS; GAS LIQUIDS; HIGH SHEAR; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYMERIC VESICLES; PROCESSING ROUTE; SPHERICAL MICELLES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

COALESCENCE; DRUG DELIVERY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LAB ON A CHIP; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84869016101     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303655s     Document Type: Article

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