Smart Drug Delivery and Bionanotechnology
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In recent years, there has been considerable research in preparing materials and finding new uses for nanoscale structures in drug delivery. Uses such as carriers for controlled and targeted drug delivery, micropatterned devices, systems for biological recognition, have shown the versatility of these biopolymeric materials [1]. We report on major new developments of recognitive drug delivery systems. Novel drug delivery systems utilize the patterning of vinyls, methacrylates and acrylates during reaction allowing for the formation of nanoscale three-dimensional structures. These micropatterned structures may be used for a host of applications including cell adhesion, separation processes, the so called “factory-on-a-chip” microscale reactors, and microfluidic devices.
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