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Polymer-supported lipid shells, onions, and flowers.

ABSTRACT: Phospholipid-enveloped biodegradable polymer microparticles and nanoparticles synthesized by an emulsion/solvent evaporation process were characterized by confocal and cryoelectron microscopies to show that the lipid envelope exhibits two-dimensional fluidity and can be configured into 'shell', 'onion', or 'flower' nanostructures, depending on the quantity and composition of lipids employed in the synthesis.

SUBMITTER: Bershteyn A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743563 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polymer-supported lipid shells, onions, and flowers.

Bershteyn Anna A Chaparro José J Yau Richard R Kim Mikyung M Reinherz Ellis E Ferreira-Moita Luis L Irvine Darrell J DJ

Soft matter 20080101 9

Phospholipid-enveloped biodegradable polymer microparticles and nanoparticles synthesized by an emulsion/solvent evaporation process were characterized by confocal and cryoelectron microscopies to show that the lipid envelope exhibits two-dimensional fluidity and can be configured into 'shell', 'onion', or 'flower' nanostructures, depending on the quantity and composition of lipids employed in the synthesis. ...[more]

PMID: 19756178

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