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Drug Delivery: Multi‐Stimuli‐Responsive Microcapsules for Adjustable Controlled‐Release (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2014)
Author(s) -
Wei Jie,
Ju XiaoJie,
Zou XiaoYi,
Xie Rui,
Wang Wei,
Liu YingMei,
Chu LiangYin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201470142
Subject(s) - drug delivery , materials science , nanotechnology , controlled release , drug , drug administration , biomedical engineering , pharmacology , medicine
Novel multi‐stimuli‐responsive microcapsules with adjustable controlled‐release characteristics are reported by X.‐J. Ju, L.‐Y. Chu, and co‐workers on page 3312. The microcapsules can achieve targeted delivery at specific sites by applying an external magnetic field, pH‐responsive drug release at acidic environments and flexibly adjustable controlledrelease rate depending on temperature regulation, which provide a new mode for designing “intelligent” controlled‐release systems and for realizing more rational drug administration.