The imaging and the fractal metrology of chimeric liposomal Drug Delivery nano Systems: The role of macromolecular architecture of polymeric guest

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-229

  Pippa, Natassa ^a,b   Pispas, Stergios ^b   Demetzos, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; chimeric liposomes; Fractal dimension; Gradient copolymers; SEM

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; NANOCARRIER; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(2-METHYL-2-OXAZOLINE)-GRAD-POLY(2-PHENYL-2-OXAZOLINE); POLYAMINE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE-POLYCAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPOSOME MEMBRANE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FRACTALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; POLYAMINES; POLYESTERS;

EID: 84904577443     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2014.891232     Document Type: Article

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