Drug delivery systems: Smart drug delivery systems

Smart Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-1-13-10

  Kwon, Il Keun ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a   Chaterji, Somali ^b   Vedantham, Kumar ^a   Park, Kinam ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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