Morphologies and functionalities of polymeric nanocarriers as chemical tools for drug delivery: A review

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 398-411

  Venditti, Iole ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Drug delivery systems; Nanogels; Nanostructured polymers; polymeric micelles; Polymeric nanocapsules; Polymeric nanoparticles; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032970698     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2017.10.004     Document Type: Review

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