Polymersomes-Preparation, Characterization and Medical Applications
- Authors: Daniela Ailincăi1, Marcel Popa2
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View Affiliations Hide Affiliations1 The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Prof. Dr. docent Dimitrie Mangeron Street, 73, 700050, Iasi, Romania 2 The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Prof. Dr. docent Dimitrie Mangeron Street, 73, 700050, Iasi, Romania
- Source: Polymeric Nanomedicines , pp 317-339
- Publication Date: May 2013
- Language: English
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Polymersomes represent the latest generation of colloidal vesicles for drug carriers. As well as liposomes, they can include hydrophilic molecules in their interior core and also hydrophobic molecules in their surrounding polymeric membrane. The vesicular nature of these particles, for which the free volume represent over 90% of their global volume, makes it possible to include large amounts of drugs and of course, their transportation to the target. This chapter present the methods used for obtaining and characterizing polymersomes and also their applications as drug carriers or as diagnostic tools.
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