Recent advances in polymeric electrospun nanofibers for drug delivery

Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 187-217

  Sharma, Rahul ^a   Singh, Harmanpreet ^a   Joshi, Munish ^a   Sharma, Abhinandan ^a   Garg, Tarun ^a   Goyal, Amit Kumar ^a   Rath, Goutam ^a  

^a ISF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; EUDRAGIT; HYPERBRANCHED POLYGLYCEROL; MACROGOL; NANOCARRIER; NANOFIBER; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POVIDONE; POVIDONE IODINE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG CARRIER;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONDUCTANCE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSPINNING; FLOW RATE; GENE TARGETING; GEOMETRY; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMER BLENDING; POLYMER CONCENTRATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SOLVENT EFFECT; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; POROSITY;

EID: 84900862031     PISSN: 07434863     EISSN: 2162660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevTherDrugCarrierSyst.2014008193     Document Type: Review

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