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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 33, Issue 14, Pages 1178-1183Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201200054
Keywords
colloids; crosslinking; degrdation; drug delivery systems; esterification
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- American Cancer Society [RSG-08-284-01-CDD]
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Janus particles with differentially degradable compartments were prepared by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) co-jetting and subsequent controlled crosslinking. These bicompartmental particles are composed of an interpenetrating polymer network of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) in one hemisphere and a crosslinked copolymer of dextran and poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) segments in the second compartment. The compositional anisotropy caused differential hydrolytic susceptibility: Although both compartments were stable at pH 3.0, selective degradation of the PEO-containing compartment pH 7.4 was observed wtihin 5 days. Janus particles with differentially degradable polymer compartments may be of interest for a range of oral drug delivery applications because of their propensity for decoupled release profiles.
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