Self-destructing "mothership" capsules for timed release of encapsulated contents

We describe a new class of hierarchical containers that are formed via single-step assembly and, at a later time, self-destruct because of their packaged contents. These containers are spherical capsules formed by electrostatic complexation of the anionic biopolymer, gellan gum, with the cationic bi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 29(2013), 25 vom: 25. Juni, Seite 7993-8
1. Verfasser: Dowling, Matthew B (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bagal, Anand S, Raghavan, Srinivasa R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Capsules Drug Carriers Liposomes Polymers Chitosan 9012-76-4 Glycoside Hydrolases mehr... EC 3.2.1.- chitosanase EC 3.2.1.132