Surface chemistry of biodegradable polymers for drug delivery systems
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The role of surface science in the surface reactivity to contribute to the understanding of biodegradation kinetics and controlled drug release mechanisms for some important biological polymers such as poly(glycolic acid) and poly(lactic acid) is reviewed. Result not only showed a fundamental understanding of hydrolytic surface degradation kinetics as a model for the drug delivery systems but also toward the design and formulation into new devices.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2005
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Surface chemistry of prototypical bulk II-VI and III-V semiconductors and implications for chemical sensing
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Single-crystal semiconductors used as chemical sensors possess chemical, electrical, and optical coupling properties to serve as binding platforms for gaseous and solution analytes. This review discusses characterization of adsorbate-coated semiconductor surfaces and their influence on the semiconductor's physicochemical and electrical properties leading to the final signal transduction.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2000
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Resistive-pulse sensing-from microbes to molecules
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Resistive-pulse sensing comprises a variety of chemical sensing strategies with a unifying feature of signal detection via an occluded aperture through which the analyte species passes its signal. The review discusses sensing devices made of different biological channel systems and protein based and synthetic nanotubules.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2000
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