Luminescent polymer microcapsules addressable by a magnetic field.

In situ preparation of magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles inside nanoporous poly(L-glutamic acid)/chitosan microcapsules for drug delivery.

The magnetic polymer microcapsules, as a promising environmental stimuli-responsive delivery vehicle, have been increasingly exploited to tackle the problem of remotely navigated delivery. This study presented a novel design and fabrication of magnetic poly(L-glutamic acid)/chitosan (PGA/CS) microcapsules. Magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles were in situ synthesized inside nanoporous PGA/CS microcapsu...

Remotely controllable microcapsules for site - specific delivery of a chemical payload

The problem of targeted delivery and controlled release of a chemical payload in difficult-toaccess microstructured environments such as living tissues or porous soil is considered. Composite microcapsules consisting of the thermo-responsive hydrogel poly-Nisopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) with dispersed iron oxide nanoparticles have been prepared by w/o emulsion polymerization. The microcapsules ar...

Magnetically triggered release of molecular cargo from iron oxide nanoparticle loaded microcapsules.

Photothermal release of cargo molecules has been extensively studied for bioapplications. For instance, microcapsules decorated with plasmonic nanoparticles have been widely used in in vitro assays. However, some concerns about their suitability for some in vivo applications cannot be easily overcome, in particular the limited penetration depth of light (even infrared). Magnetic nanoparticles a...

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Targeted medication delivery using magnetic nanostructures

We use quaternion molecular dynamics simulations to describe field-induced structural transitions in systems of few magnetic dipoles and their use for targeted medication delivery. Compact ring isomers of magnetic particles are contained, together with molecules of an active medication, inside inert microcapsules. The filled microcapsules may be transported within the body using a weak, inhomog...