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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
A supramolecular approach for preparation of size-controlled nanoparticles
Hao Wang1, Shutao Wang, Helen Su
1Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Abstract:
A supramolecular approach has been developed for the preparation of supramolecular nanoparticles (SNPs) with variable sizes (30-450 nm) from three different molecular building blocks using a cyclodextrin/adamantane recognition system. Positron emission tomography (PET) was employed to study the biodistribution and lymph node drainage of the SNPs in mice. The sizes of the SNPs affect their in vivo characteristics (see picture).

