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Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.
Volume 3, Number 5, 2008
Materials Science
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Page(s) | 1 - 15 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp:2008074 | |
Published online | 13 December 2008 |
Stimuli-Responsive Polymers in Nanotechnology: Deposition and Possible Effect on Drug Release
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7022, USA
Corresponding author: ayarin@uic.edu
Stimuli-responsive polymers result in on-demand regulation of properties and functioning of various nanoscale systems. In particular, they allow stimuli-responsive control of flow rates through membranes and nanofluidic devices with submicron channel sizes. They also allow regulation of drug release from nanoparticles and nanofibers in response to temperature or pH variation in the surrounding medium. In the present work two relevant mathematical models are introduced to address precipitation-driven deposition of surface layers of stimuli-responsive polymers and describe a possible effect of swelling-shrinkage transition of such polymers on drug release.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 76R05 / 74R10 / 60K40
Key words: polymer deposition / stimuli-responsive polymers / drug release / fluid and solid mechanics / probability theory
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