Molecular interactions driving the layer-by-layer assembly of multilayers

J Borges, JF Mano - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Over the last few decades there has been a huge interest in nanostructured functional
materials and assembly techniques for preparing functional molecular assemblies with …

Polymeric nanostructured materials for biomedical applications

Z Tang, C He, H Tian, J Ding, BS Hsiao, B Chu… - Progress in Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanostructured materials (PNMs), which are polymeric materials in nanoscale or
polymer composites containing nanomaterials, have become increasingly useful for …

Triggered release from polymer capsules

AP Esser-Kahn, SA Odom, NR Sottos, SR White… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive capsules are of interest in drug delivery, fragrance release, food
preservation, and self-healing materials. Many methods are used to trigger the release of …

Protein–polyelectrolyte interactions

AB Kayitmazer, D Seeman, BB Minsky, PL Dubin, Y Xu - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The interactions of proteins and polyelectrolytes lead to diverse applications in separations,
delivery and wound repair, and are thus of interest to scientists in eg (a) glycobiology,(b) …

Polymeric multilayer capsules in drug delivery

LJ De Cock, S De Koker, BG De Geest… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in medicine and biotechnology have prompted the need to develop
nanoengineered delivery systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of novel therapeutics …

Polymeric multilayer capsules for drug delivery

S De Koker, R Hoogenboom… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The advent of Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly to fabricate polymeric as well as hybrid
multilayer thin films has opened exciting avenues for the design of multifunctional drug …

Chitosan in nanostructured thin films

FJ Pavinatto, L Caseli, ON Oliveira Jr - Biomacromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
This review paper brings an overview of the use of chitosans in nanostructured films
produced with the Langmuir− Blodgett (LB) or the electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) …

LbL multilayer capsules: recent progress and future outlook for their use in life sciences

LL Del Mercato, P Rivera-Gil, AZ Abbasi, M Ochs… - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review we provide an overview of the recent progress in designing composite polymer
capsules based on the Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technology demonstrated so far in material …

Layer‐by‐layer assembly through weak interactions and their biomedical applications

M Matsusaki, H Ajiro, T Kida, T Serizawa… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The surface design and control of substrates with nanometer‐or micrometer‐sized polymer
films are of considerable interest for both fundamental and applied studies in the biomedical …

Nanoparticulate systems for growth factor delivery

S Zhang, H Uludağ - Pharmaceutical research, 2009 - Springer
The field of nanotechnology, which aims to control and utilize matter generally in 1–100 nm
range, has been at the forefront of pharmaceutical development. Nanoparticulate delivery …