Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 154-160 , June 2007

Controlled loading and release of a model drug from polypeptide multilayer nanofilms

  • Yang Zhong, BS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Physics Studies, College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
    • Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Catherine F. Whittington, BS

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
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  • Ling Zhang, BS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Physics Studies, College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
    • Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Donald T. Haynie, BS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
    • Bionanosystems Engineering Laboratory, College of Science and Technology, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Donald T. Haynie, Artificial Cell Technologies, 5 Science Park, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.

Received 29 October 2006 ,Accepted 2 March 2007.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

PII: S1549-9634(07)00047-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2007.03.002

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 154-160 , June 2007

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