Abstract
Since 80’s, we have spent enormous amount of money and effort to make everything smaller, and even in nanoscales, if possible. Smaller cell phones, smaller computer, smaller robots, smaller transistors. It is not because small things are more convenient, but it is because we are convinced that small is better. But why? In 1959, Richard Feynman described a process in which the manipulation of individual atoms was feasible. When this process eventually became a reality, it allowed us to control atoms and to expand or alter their characteristics. In other words, we acquired a chance to generate new materials with superior properties, by making everything much smaller (Peterson, 2004).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Drug Delivery Approaches and Nanosystems |
Subtitle of host publication | Volume 1: Novel Drug Carriers |
Publisher | Apple Academic Press |
Pages | 21-54 |
Number of pages | 34 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351846707 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781771885836 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 by Apple Academic Press, Inc.
Keywords
- Cellular uptake
- Characterization technique
- Liposomes
- Nanoparticles
- Polymeric biodegradable nanoparticles
- Production technologies