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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"polymeric particles"”.
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Microfluidic approaches to the synthesis of complex polymeric particles
The synthesis of micron-sized polymeric particles with precise control over shape, monodispersity and chemistry is a technologically important objective. Varied applications including medical diagnostics. designer fabrics and optical devices could benefit from the availability of geometrically …
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Modulation of Dendritic Cells with the Interleukin-10 Gene on Polycation-Modified Polymeric Particles
… investigated the ability of polycation-modified polymeric particles complexed with interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene to modulate DCs. The delivery systems (designated as PSO10H6 and PLGAO10H6) were formed by coating cationic peptide O10H6 (O: ornithine; H: histidine) on the polystyrene (PS) and poly …
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Encapsulamento de nanopartículas magnéticas em polímeros acrílicos e avaliação de hipertermia para potencial tratamento de câncer
… the synthesis of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles encapsulated in acrylic polymers. Magnetite (Fe3O4) was obtained through coprecipitation and encapsulated by inverse and direct miniemulsion polymerization, in poly(acrylic acid) and poly(methyl methacrylate), respectively. Besides, the …
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Oral uptake and distribution of microspheres
… (GIT) may be penetrated by sub-micron sized polymeric particles which have the capacity to deliver therapeutic compounds. We investigated this, initially with Fluoresbrite™ carboxylate latex microspheres (0.87 m diameter) which were administered orally to rats. Microsphere numbers within …
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Application of microfluidic emulsion technology to biochemistry, drug delivery and Lab-on-a-Chip programmability
… for the manufacture of drug loaded biodegradable polymeric particles for controlled release of encapsulated ingredients within biological systems. Coupled with the bulk method of solvent evaporation, microspheres with a tunable range of volumes spanning four orders of magnitude are generated and …
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Targeted drug delivery within the eye
… can be used to slow down the spreading of the particles at the injection site up to 2 months. The results also show that a high molecular weight formulation with weakly non-Newtonian fluid can be used to reach 100% coverage of the choroidal surface with a single injection. The third part of the …
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The Application Of Polymer Particles In Industrial Processes
… processes that involve the use of recyclable polymeric particles as a partial replacement for aqueous media and chemicals. The application of the technology typically leads to water savings of over 80% and chemical savings of over 25%. These industrial processes may be characterised in that …
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The Application Of Polymer Particles In Industrial Processes
… processes that involve the use of recyclable polymeric particles as a partial replacement for aqueous media and chemicals. The application of the technology typically leads to water savings of over 80% and chemical savings of over 25%. These industrial processes may be characterised in that …
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Cubosome and Hexosome Microparticles: Shape, Rheology, and Templating
Cubosomes and hexosomes are soft particles of cubic and hexagonal phases, formed by self-assembled amphiphilic lipids. They have attracted great attention because of applications in drug delivery. Cubosomes and hexosomes have been produced at the nanoscale, exhibiting unique shapes and symmetries, …
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Development of thermal field-flow fractionation for the characterization of hybrid nanoparticles and polymers with complex architecture
… to be leveraged for not only separation of nanoparticles and polymers but also as a characterization tool to obtain physiochemical distributions. Thermal FFF is unique as the separation mechanism is based on the differential transport of analytes in the presence of a temperature gradient. This …
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Synthesis of Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials by Self-Assembly
… 6) along with a larger effective diameter of the polymeric particles point to a highly interconnected structure of the elongated objects. This interconnection is reduced in the polymer formed by the oligomer ( n&d1; = 12) as observed by the shorter effective diameter and the nematic-like optical …
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Biomedical applications of nanostructured polymer films
Functional polymeric thin films are often stratified with nanometer level structure and distinct purposes for each layer. These nanostructured polymeric materials are useful in a wide variety of applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, controlling condensation and polymeric …
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Macromolecule Loading on PLGA Particles through Surface Adsorption
… candidate drugs. Progress has been made in using polymeric particles as carriers of macromolecule drugs. Historically the method is to encapsulate biological drugs into spherical polymeric matrices. Owing to its biocompatible and biodegradable nature, poly (d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) has …
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Direct visualization of electron transport among nonconjugated polymeric redox-active colloids via fluorescence microscopy
… of RAC, electron transport between these polymeric particles and the underlying metallic electrode was visualized. And due to the percolating nature of the monolayer/submonolayer, under chronoamperometry around 10 µm intercolloid redox-based electron conduction was also successfully …
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Controlled synthesis of magnetic particles
Magnetic particles have been used for many applications demanding a broad range of particles morphologies and chemistries. Superparamagnetism is advantageous over ferromagnetism because it enables us to control and recover magnetic nanoparticles during and after chemical processing. …
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Polymerpartikel für biomedizinische Anwendungen
Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Herstellung funktioneller Polymerpartikel und deren Nutzung für biomedizinische Applikationen. Die Anwendungsgebiete der resultierenden Hybridmaterialien reichen vom Einsatz als Kontrastmittel in bildgebenden Verfahren der medizinischen Diagnostik über die …
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Ordering of Nanoparticles by Wrinkle-Assisted Self-Assembly : Controlling Plasmonic Coupling Effects
… modification, properties and assembly of nanoparticles. Great progress has been attained in the preparation of nanoparticles of any desired size, shape and composition. Metal nanoparticles are particularly attractive due to their spectacular size and shape dependent optical and electronic …