Nanoparticles of conjugated polymers prepared from phase-separated films of phospholipids and polymers for biomedical applications.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Phase separation in films of phospholipids and conjugated polymers results in nanoassemblies because of a difference in the physicochemical properties between the hydrophobic polymers and the polar lipid heads, together with the comparable polymer side-chain lengths to lipid tail lengths, thus producing nanoparticles of conjugated polymers upon disassembly in aqueous media by the penetration of water into polar regions of the lipid heads.
Medical subject headings
- Nanoparticles
- Phospholipids
- Polymers