Alkyl cyanoacrylates have long been used for the synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles. In the
involved polymerization reaction, hydroxyl ions derived from dissociation of water have been …

This review article covers the most important steps of the pioneering work of Patrick
Couvreur and tries to shed light on his outstanding career that has been a source of …

Polymeric nanoparticles are engineered nanostructured materials of nm scale that can be
tuned to load and then release therapeutic compounds entrapped within the polymeric core …

Research in our group on covalently crosslinked single-chain polymer nanoparticles
(SCNPs) has previously shown consistent and monodisperse formation with particle sizes of …

A phase diagram of the pseudoternary system ethyloleate, polyoxyethylene 20 sorbitan
mono-oleate/sorbitan monolaurate and water with butanol as a cosurfactant was prepared …

Nanobiotechnologies have recently attracted significant attention from chemists, biologists,
engineers and pharmaceutical scientists. In particular, they have been widely applied to …

Copolymer nanoparticles of acrylic acid, acrylamide, acrylic acid butyl ester and methacrylic
acid methyl ester with increasing acrylic acid content were produced by emulsion …

The hyaluronic acid (HA) coated poly (butyl cyanoacrylate)(PBCA) nanoparticles were
synthesized through radical polymerization of butyl cyanoarylate (BCA) initiated by cerium …

The long-term clinical use of doxorubicin (Dox), one of the most important anticancer agent
in use, is limited by dose-related acute cardiotoxicity, myelo-suppression and multidrug …

Gene therapy is an emerging and promising strategy in cancer therapy where small
interfering RNA (siRNA) system has been deployed for down-regulation of targeted gene …