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Macromol. Chem. Phys. 19/2012
Author(s) -
Ferrari Raffaele,
Yu Yingchuan,
Lattuada Marco,
Storti Giuseppe,
Morbidelli Massimo,
Moscatelli Davide
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201290058
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , pulmonary surfactant , nanoparticle , solvent , peg ratio , chemical engineering , emulsion , lactic acid , chemistry , materials science , polymer science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , polymer , economics , genetics , finance , biology , bacteria , engineering
Frontispiece: Synthesis of PEGylated, poly(lactic acid) (PLA)‐based nanoparticles (NPs), without the use of any surfactant or organic solvent, is shown. Monodispersed NPs, stable in physiological conditions and with sizes down to 90 nm, have been obtained through the direct semibatch emulsion copolymerization of modified PLA chains in the presence of vinyl‐terminated PEG that acts as a surfmer. For further details, see the article by R. Ferrari, Y. Yu, M. Lattuada, G. Storti, M. Morbidelli, and D. Moscatelli* on page 2012 .