Nanoparticle characterization: what to measure?

MM Modena, B Rühle, TP Burg, S Wuttke - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
What to measure? is a key question in nanoscience, and it is not straightforward to address
as different physicochemical properties define a nanoparticle sample. Most prominent …

Ethosomes as dermal/transdermal drug delivery systems: applications, preparation and characterization

A Jafari, S Daneshamouz, P Ghasemiyeh… - Journal of liposome …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDSs) have gained substantial attention during the
last decade. TDDS are versatile delivery systems in which active components are delivered …

Nanoparticle size distribution quantification from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of ruthenium tetroxide stained polymeric nanoparticles

BK Wilson, RK Prud'homme - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hypothesis Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) generated particle size distributions
(PSD) of polymer-stabilized nanoparticles are dependent on the optimization parameters …

Size matters for in vitro gene delivery: investigating the relationships among complexation protocol, transfection medium, size and sedimentation

D Pezzoli, E Giupponi, D Mantovani, G Candiani - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Although branched and linear polyethylenimines (bPEIs and lPEIs) are gold standard
transfectants, a systematic analysis of the effects of the preparation protocol of polyplexes …

The role of ions in the self-healing behavior of soft particle suspensions

A Scotti, U Gasser, ES Herman… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Impurities in crystals generally cause point defects and can even suppress crystallization.
This general rule, however, does not apply to colloidal crystals formed by soft microgel …

Electrostatically mediated in situ polymerization for enzyme immobilization and activation

Y Wan, J Zhou, J Ni, Y Cai, M Cohen Stuart… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enzyme immobilization in nanoparticles is of interest for boosting their catalytic applications,
yet rational approaches to designs achieving both high enzyme loading and activation …

Swelling of a responsive network within different constraints in multi-thermosensitive microgels

M Brugnoni, A Scotti, AA Rudov, APH Gelissen… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report on the swelling of a polymeric network in doubly thermoresponsive microgels.
Silica-core double-shell and hollow double-shell microgels made of an inner poly (N …

Oil-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized by Hydrophilic Homopolymers

S Karishma, K Rajvanshi, H Kumar, MG Basavaraj… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Most of the polymeric emulsifiers have diblock and triblock copolymer architecture
containing hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains. In this work, we show that hydrophilic …

Nonionic Microgels Adapt to Ionic Guest Molecules: Superchaotropic Nanoions

J Simons, N Hazra, AV Petrunin, JJ Crassous… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microgels are commonly applied as solute carriers, where the size, density, and functionality
of the microgels depend on solute binding. As representatives for ionic solutes with high …

Topical systems for the controlled release of antineoplastic Drugs: Oxidized Alginate-Gelatin Hydrogel/Unilamellar vesicles

S Stagnoli, C Garro, O Ertekin, S Heid… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficacy of chemotherapeutic procedures relies on delivering proper concentrations of
anti-cancer drugs in the tumor surroundings, so as to prevent potential side effects on …