pH-responsive micelles based on (PCL)2(PDEA-b-PPEGMA)2 miktoarm polymer: Controlled synthesis, characterization, and application as anticancer drug carrier

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Lin, Wenjing ^a   Nie, Shuyu ^a   Xiong, Di ^a   Guo, Xindong ^a   Wang, Jufang ^a   Zhang, Lijuan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; In vitro; Micelles; pH responsive; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DRUG DELIVERY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ACTIVATORS REGENERATED BY ELECTRON TRANSFERS; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION (CMC); IN-VITRO; MIKTOARM STAR POLYMERS; PH-RESPONSIVE; PH-RESPONSIVE MICELLES; POLY(2-(DIETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE (PEG-MMA);

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 84904018244     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-243     Document Type: Article

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