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pH-Sensitive Micelles Based on Double-Hydrophilic Poly(methylacrylic acid)-Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly(methylacrylic acid) Triblock Copolymer

pH-sensitive micelles with hydrophilic core and hydrophilic corona were fabricated by self-assembling of triblock copolymer of poly(methylacrylic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(methylacrylic acid) at lower solution pH. Transmission electron microscopy and laser light scattering studies showed mice...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tao, Youhua, Liu, Ren, Liu, Xiaoya, Chen, Mingqing, Yang, Cheng, Ni, Zhongbin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20596497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-009-9249-2
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Sumario:pH-sensitive micelles with hydrophilic core and hydrophilic corona were fabricated by self-assembling of triblock copolymer of poly(methylacrylic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(methylacrylic acid) at lower solution pH. Transmission electron microscopy and laser light scattering studies showed micelles were in nano-scale with narrow size distribution. Solution pH value and the micelles concentration strongly influenced the hydrodynamic radius of the spherical micelles (48–310 nm). A possible mechanism for the formation of micelles was proposed. The obtained polymeric micelle should be useful for biomedical materials such as carrier of hydrophilic drug.