| Literature DB >> 24737409 |
Hongbo Zhang1, Dongfei Liu, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi, Ermei Mäkilä, Bárbara Herranz-Blanco, Jarno Salonen, Jouni Hirvonen, Hélder A Santos.
Abstract
A multifunctional nano-in-micro drug delivery platform is developed by conjugating the porous silicon nanoparticles with mucoadhesive polymers and subsequent encapsulation into a pH-responsive polymer using microfluidics. The multistage platform shows monodisperse size distribution and pH-responsive payload release, and the released nanoparticles are mucoadhesive. Moreover, this platform is capable of simultaneously loading and releasing multidrugs with distinct properties.Entities:
Keywords: colon targeted drug delivery; microfluidics; mucoadhesion; pH-responsive microcomposite; porous silicon
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24737409 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400953
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849