Advances in the Design of pH-Sensitive Cubosome Liquid Crystalline Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications

Advances in the Design of pH-Sensitive Cubosome Liquid Crystalline Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications

Nanostructure bicontinuous cubic phase self-assembled materials are receiving expanding applications as biocompatible delivery systems in various therapeutic fields. The functionalization of cubosome, spongosome, hexosome and liposome nanocarriers by pH-sensitive lipids and/or pH-sensitive polymer s...

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Main Authors: Omar Mertins, Patrick D. Mathews, Angelina Angelova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Nanomaterials
Subjects:
pH-sensitive mesophase lipid structures
cubosomes with pH-responsive polymer shells
self-assembled lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles
nonlamellar lipids
phase transitions
drug delivery vehicles
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/5/963

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