Applied Chemistry, Vol.8, No.2, 426-429, October, 2004
약물전달체를 위한 Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-poly(ε-caprolactone)과 Poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone) 블록 공중합체를 이용한 온도민감성 Nanoparticles
Thermosensitive Nanoparticles Formed by Self-assembly of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly(ε-caprolactone) Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery System
To prepare nanoparticles, which are thermosensitive, biocompatible, and biodegradable, the well-defined PNIPAAm-PCL and PEG-PCL block copolymers were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone using mPEG-OH and PNIPAAm-OH and characterized by 1H-NMR and GPC. Thermosensitive nanaparticles according to various ratios of PNIPAAm-PCL and PEG-PCL were prepared by a solvent evaporation method. The nanoparticles showed composition dependent physicochemical properties such as lower critical solution temperature, particle size, and critical aggregation concentration. Then, the nanoparticles were introduced into drug delivery systems using hydrophobic model drug of clonazepam. The drug release behaviors from nanoparticles were investigated.