title: Dendritic core-shell systems as soft drug delivery nanocarriers.
abstract: Unimolecular micelles are covalently bound molecular architectures and therefore highly stable which makes them particularly attractive for drug delivery. Accordingly, many reports in the literature emphasize the importance of these molecular architectures for nanomedicine. This conceptual review will present some of the recent advances in the application of these dendritic core-shell systems for drug delivery. Unimolecular micelles based on hyperbranched and dendritic cores will be discussed and sorted by the nature of their core and structure.
authors: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors: Maike C
authors: MC
authors: Lukowiak
authors: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors: Bala N S
authors: BN
authors: Thota
authors: Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: haag@chemie.fu-berlin.de.
authors: Rainer
authors: R
authors: Haag
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008823:Micelles; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008823:Micelles
keywords: Aggregation; Core–multishell; Core–shell; Dendritic; Drug delivery; Encapsulation; Hyperbranched; Polymeric amphiphiles; Targeting; Unimolecular micelles