Studies on thermoresponsive polymers: Phase behaviour, drug delivery and biomedical applications

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-107

  Gandhi, Arijit ^a   Paul, Abhijit ^a   Sen, Suma Oommen ^a   Sen, Kalyan Kumar ^a  

^a GUPTA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Phase transition; Thermoresponsive polymers; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID CO ACRYLAMIDE); POLY(METHYL VINYL ETHER); POLY(N ETHYL OXAZOLINE); POLY(N VINYL CAPROLACTAM); POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; THERMORESPONSIVE POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925852036     PISSN: 18180876     EISSN: 2221285X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajps.2014.08.010     Document Type: Review

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