title: Polymer encapsulation of inorganic nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
abstract: Hybrid inorganic colloidal particles have attracted a great attention in the last years, and they have been largely used in various applications and more particularly in biomedical nanotechnology. Recently, they are used as carriers for biomolecules, and exploited for use in microsystems, microfluidics and in lab-on-a chip based bionanotechnology. Various kinds of hybrid particles can be listed starting from classical inorganic nanoparticles such as silica, gold, silver, iron oxide and those exhibiting intrinsic properties such as semiconducting nanoparticles (e.g. quantum dots). As a general tendency, to be conveniently used in biomedical applications, the encapsulation of the inorganic nanoparticles in a polymer matrix is incontestably needed. Consequently, various chemistry-based encapsulation processes have been developed and showed promising results as compared to the encapsulation using preformed polymers.
authors.affiliation: University of Lyon, F-69622, Lyon; University of Lyon-1, Villeurbanne, CNRS, UMR 5007, LAGEP, CPE-308G, 43 bd. du 11 Nov.1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France; SYMME, Université de Savoie, BP 80439, 74944 Annecy Le Vieux Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ladj
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bitar
authors.forename: Mohamed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Eissa
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fessi
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mugnier
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Le Dantec
authors.forename: Abdelhamid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elaissari
mesh_terms: D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers
keywords: Biomedical applications; Encapsulation; Inorganic nanoparticles; Polymer