Open AccessPreparation of Star-Shaped Polylactic Acid Drug Carrier Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Michele Marini
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
materials sciences and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2153-1188
pISSN - 2153-117X
DOI - 10.4236/msa.2010.11007
Subject(s) - polylactic acid , materials science , star (game theory) , nanoparticle , drug , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite material , polymer , pharmacology , medicine , engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Drug carrier biocompatible and biodegradable nanoparticles of about 15 nm were prepared by solvent evaporation technique from star-shaped poly(D,L-lactide) synthesized using dipentaerythritol as core and Tin (II) ethylhexanoate as catalyst