Nanoparticles of conjugated polymers prepared from phase-separated films of phospholipids and polymers for biomedical applications.
Phase separation in films of phospholipids and conjugated polymers results in nanoassemblies because of a difference in the physicochemical properties between the hydrophobic polymers and the polar lipid heads, together with the comparable polymer side-chain lengths to lipid tail lengths, thus producing nanoparticles of conjugated polymers upon disassembly in aqueous media by the penetration of water into polar regions of the lipid heads.
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, Republic of Korea.
Jungju
J
Yoon
Jungheon
J
Kwag
Tae Joo
TJ
Shin
Joonhyuck
J
Park
Yong Man
YM
Lee
Yebin
Y
Lee
Jonghyup
J
Park
Jung
J
Heo
Chulmin
C
Joo
Tae Jung
TJ
Park
Pil J
PJ
Yoo
Sungjee
S
Kim
Juhyun
J
Park
D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010316:Particle Size; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013830:Thiadiazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D011108:Polymers; D013830:Thiadiazoles; C555055:poly(2,6-(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta(2,1-b-3,4-b0)dithiophene))-alt-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole); C017251:1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine
biomedical applications; conjugated polymers; nanomorphology; nanoparticles; phase separation in thin films