Multiscale simulation as a framework for the enhanced design of nanodiamond-polyethylenimine-based gene delivery

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3791-3797

  Kim, Hansung ^a   Man, Han Bin ^a   Saha, Biswajit ^b   Kopacz, Adrian M ^a   Lee, One Sun ^b   Schatz, George C ^b   Ho, Dean ^c   Liu, Wing Kam ^a,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

General Theory; Molecular Structure; Quantum Chemistry

Indexed keywords

BINDING MECHANISMS; CANCER THERAPY; DELIVERY VECTOR; FUNCTIONALIZED; GENE DELIVERY; GENERAL THEORY; IN-VITRO; MIXING RATIOS; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT; POLYETHYLENIMINES; SMALL INTERFERING RNA (SIRNA); SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

GENE TRANSFER; LOADING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

NANODIAMONDS;

EID: 84871571245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301756e     Document Type: Article

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