Structural factors directing nanosized polyion complex vesicles (Nano-PICsomes) to form a pair of block aniomer/homo catiomers: Studies on the aniomer segment length and the catiomer side-chain structure

Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-135

  Chuanoi, Sayan ^a   Kishimura, Akihiro ^a,e   Dong, Wen Fei ^b   Anraku, Yasutaka ^a   Yamasaki, Yuichi ^a   Kataoka, Kazunori ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; drug delivery systems; polyethylene glycol; polyion complexes; vesicles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MATERIAL APPLICATION; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG); POLYION COMPLEX; SIDE CHAIN STRUCTURE; VESICLES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; MICELLES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHAINS;

EID: 84893810949     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.82     Document Type: Article

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