Microfluidic-assisted self-assembly of complex dendritic polyethylene drug delivery nanocapsules.

Hasani-Sadrabadi, Mohammad Mahdi; Karimkhani, Vahid; Majedi, Fatemeh Sadat; Van Dersarl, Jules John; Dashtimoghadam, Erfan; Afshar-Taromi, Faramarz; Mirzadeh, Hamid; Bertsch, Arnaud et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Microfluidic platform for the synthesis of complex nanocapsules is presented via a controlled self-assembly. The monodisperse nanocapsules in the range of 50-200 nm consist of a dendritic polyethylene core and a Pluronic copolymer shell. The resultant nanocarriers encapsulate large amount of hydrophobic anticancer drug like paclitaxel while providing a low complement activation as well as sustained release profile with high tunability.

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