Issue 2, 2009
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Soft Matter

Polyelectrolyte microcapsules for biomedical applications

Bruno G. De Geest,*ab   Stefaan De Koker,†b   Gleb B. Sukhorukov,c   Oliver Kreft,d   Wolfgang J. Parak,e   Andrei G. Skirtach,d   Jo Demeester,b   Stefaan C. De Smedtb  and  Wim E. Henninka  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht University, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
E-mail: br.degeest@ugent.be
Fax: +32 9 264 81 89
Tel: +32 9 264 80 74

b Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Belgium

c IRC, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

d Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Surfaces, Golm, Germany

e Philipps University Marburg, Department of Physics, Marburg, Germany

Abstract

In this paper we review the recent contributions of polyelectrolyte microcapsules in the biomedical field, comprising in vitro and in vivodrug delivery as well as their applications as biosensors.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808262F
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
03 Jun 2008
Accepted
18 Aug 2008
First published
16 Oct 2008

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 282-291

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Polyelectrolyte microcapsules for biomedical applications

B. G. De Geest, S. De Koker, G. B. Sukhorukov, O. Kreft, W. J. Parak, A. G. Skirtach, J. Demeester, S. C. De Smedt and W. E. Hennink, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 282 DOI: 10.1039/B808262F

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