Plankton inspires creation of stealth armour for slow release microscopic drug vehicles
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 10:32
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability of some forms of plankton and bacteria to build an extra natural layer of nanoparticle-like armour has inspired chemists at the University of Warwick to devise a startlingly simple way to give drug bearing polymer vesicles (microscopic polymer based sacs of liquid) their own armoured protection.