Nanostructured materials for applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering

M Goldberg, R Langer, X Jia - Journal of Biomaterials Science …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Research in the areas of drug delivery and tissue engineering has witnessed tremendous
progress in recent years due to their unlimited potential to improve human health …

Multifunctional composite core–shell nanoparticles

S Wei, Q Wang, J Zhu, L Sun, H Lin, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review paper, the state-of-the-art knowledge of the core–shell multifunctional
nanoparticles (MNPs), especially with unique physiochemical properties, is presented. The …

Tailor‐made polyelectrolyte microcapsules: from multilayers to smart containers

CS Peyratout, L Dähne - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This review addresses the fabrication and properties of novel polyelectrolyte microcapsules,
with an emphasis on their mechanical and permeability properties. Ease of preparation …

Matrix polyelectrolyte microcapsules: new system for macromolecule encapsulation

DV Volodkin, AI Petrov, M Prevot, GB Sukhorukov - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
A new approach to fabricate polyelectrolyte microcapsules is based on exploiting porous
inorganic microparticles of calcium carbonate. Porous CaCO3 microparticles (4.5− 5.0 …

Polymers and drug delivery systems

G Vilar, J Tulla-Puche, F Albericio - Current drug delivery, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
In the treatment of health related dysfunctions, it is desirable that the drug reaches its site of
action at a particular concentration and that this therapeutic dose range remains constant …

Protein Encapsulation via Porous CaCO3 Microparticles Templating

DV Volodkin, NI Larionova, GB Sukhorukov - Biomacromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
Porous microparticles of calcium carbonate with an average diameter of 4.75 μm were
prepared and used for protein encapsulation in polymer-filled microcapsules by means of …

Biomedical applications of electrostatic layer-by-layer nano-assembly of polymers, enzymes, and nanoparticles

H Ai, SA Jones, YM Lvov - Cell biochemistry and biophysics, 2003 - Springer
The introduction of electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly has shown broad
biomedical applications in thin film coating, micropatterning, nanobioreactors, artificial cells …

Protein—calcium carbonate coprecipitation: a tool for protein encapsulation

AI Petrov, DV Volodkin… - Biotechnology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A new approach of encapsulation of proteins in polyelectrolyte microcapsules has been
developed using porous calcium carbonate microparticles as microsupports for layer‐by …

Magnetic switch of permeability for polyelectrolyte microcapsules embedded with Co@ Au nanoparticles

Z Lu, MD Prouty, Z Guo, VO Golub, CSSR Kumar… - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
We explored using a magnetic field to modulate the permeability of polyelectrolyte
microcapsules prepared by layer-by-layer self-assembly. Ferromagnetic gold-coated cobalt …

Biohybrid polymer capsules

SFM van Dongen, HPM de Hoog, RJRW Peters… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Compartmentalization is one of the most powerful tools in nature's arsenal to structure
metabolic and signaling pathways. Many of the catalytic reactions taking place in cells …