Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles with rhamnolipid-triggered release capabilities as anti-biofilm drug delivery vehicles

• Main Authors: Cheow, Wean Sin, Hadinoto, Kunn
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105845; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17856; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2011.08.007
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In lung biofilm infection therapies, the use of lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles to encapsulate drugs has emerged as a promising alternative to using liposomes because they have superior physicochemical stability and still possess the biofilm affinity and sputum-penetrating ability of liposomes. T...