Polymer Nanomaterials

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History and Principles of Drug Delivery Using Polymers 

Numerous polymer-based therapeutics are on the market or undergoing clinical evaluation to treat cancer and other diseases. Many of them are low molecular weight drug molecules or therapeutic proteins that are chemically linked to water-soluble polymers to increase drug solubility, drug stability, or enable site-specific transport of drugs to target tissues affected by the disease. 

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J. Jang, Conducting polymer nanomaterials and their applications, Adv. Polym. Sci., 199,189-260 (2006). 

Another area of intense interest in conducting-polymer nanomaterials for chemical sensing is their combination with carbon nanostructures, most particularly carbon nanotubes, either single-walled (SWNT) or multiwaUed (MWNT). This again reflects the desire to combine the beneficial properties of both types of material to create new combinations with novel properties. CNTs empart high conductivity and high aspect ratios, which yield low percolation thresholds with nanodimensional stmctural order. This has led to their application as chemical sensors. However, CNT-based devices are difficult to fabricate, an issue which may be overcome by their dispersion in a conductive polymeric matrix. 

Jang, J. Conducting Polymer Nanomaterials and Their Applications. Vol. 199, pp. 189-260. 

H. Yoon, Current Trends in Sensors Based on Conducting Polymer Nanomaterials. Nanomaterials 2013,3,524-549. 

Keywords Conducting polymer Nanomaterial Polyaniline Polypyrrole... 

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