Hybrid lipopolymer vesicles are membrane vesicles that can be self-assembled on both the micro-and nano-scale.On the nanoscale,they are potential novel smart materials for drug delivery systems that could combine the ...Hybrid lipopolymer vesicles are membrane vesicles that can be self-assembled on both the micro-and nano-scale.On the nanoscale,they are potential novel smart materials for drug delivery systems that could combine the relative strengths of liposome and polymersome drug delivery systems without their respective weaknesses.However,little is known about their properties and how they could be tailored.Currently,most methods of investigation are limited to the microscale.Here we provide a brief review on hybrid vesicle systems with a specific focus on recent developments demonstrating that nanoscale hybrid vesicles have different properties from their macroscale counterparts.展开更多
基金the work from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Program(FP/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement No.310034the Austrian Science Fund(FWF)grant No.I 3064.
文摘Hybrid lipopolymer vesicles are membrane vesicles that can be self-assembled on both the micro-and nano-scale.On the nanoscale,they are potential novel smart materials for drug delivery systems that could combine the relative strengths of liposome and polymersome drug delivery systems without their respective weaknesses.However,little is known about their properties and how they could be tailored.Currently,most methods of investigation are limited to the microscale.Here we provide a brief review on hybrid vesicle systems with a specific focus on recent developments demonstrating that nanoscale hybrid vesicles have different properties from their macroscale counterparts.
