期刊
BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
卷 32, 期 7, 页码 1301-1316出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.07.007
关键词
Chitosan; Self-assembly; Nanomaterials; Drug delivery
资金
- Macao Science and Technology Development Fund [062/2013/A2]
- Research Fund of the University of Macau [MYRG2014-00051-ICMS-QRCM, MRG004/CMW/2014/ICMS]
- Iowa State University (ISU) President's Initiative on Interdisciplinary Research (PIIR) program
- Cyclone Research Partnership Grant (CRPG)
Nanomaterials based on chitosan have emerged as promising carriers of therapeutic agents for drug delivery due to good biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Chitosan originated nanocarriers have been prepared by mini-emulsion, chemical or ionic gelation, coacervation/precipitation, and spray-drying methods. As alternatives to these traditional fabrication methods, self-assembled chitosan nanomaterials show significant advantages and have received growing scientific attention in recent years. Self-assembly is a spontaneous process by which organized structures with particular functions and properties could be obtained without additional complicated processing or modification steps. In this review, we focus on recent progress in the design, fabrication and physicochemical aspects of chitosan-based self-assembled nanomaterials. Their applications in drug delivery of different therapeutic agents are also discussed in details. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.
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