Polymersomes and wormlike micelles made fluorescent by direct modifications of block copolymer amphiphiles

International Journal of Polymer Science

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rajagopal, Karthikan ^a   Christian, David A ^a   Harada, Takamasa ^a   Tian, Aiwei ^a   Discher, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHORES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICELLES; PHASE SEPARATION;

DIRECT MODIFICATION; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYMER ASSEMBLIES; POLYMERSOMES; REAL TIME; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 84880239010     PISSN: 16879422     EISSN: 16879430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/379286     Document Type: Article

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