PEGylated, NH2-terminated PAMAM dendrimers: A microscopic view from atomistic computer simulations

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1459-1470

  Yang, Lin ^a   Da Rocha, Sandro R P ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

atomistic simulations; dendrimers; drug delivery; molecular dynamics; PAMAM; PEGylation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DENDRIMER; LIGAND; MACROGOL; NANOCARRIER; POLYAMIDOAMINE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PAMAM STARBURST;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULATION TIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONJUGATION; DENSITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SOLVATION; SURFACE CHARGE; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRIMERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84899798868     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp400630z     Document Type: Article

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