Nanostructures are emerging as a promising drug delivery paradigm, revolutionizing areas of medicine in diagnosis, imaging and treatment. Alginate nanotubes combine the therapeutic effects of alginates as natural non-toxic polyacids which are widely used in the food industry and the uptake efficiency of nanostructures as drug carriers. Cross-linked sodium alginate and calcium chloride nanotubes were fabricated by template-assisted technique. Successful production of nanotubes yielded tubes with typical diameter, length and thickness of the order of 200-300nm, 10-30181m and 60-75nm respectively. The resulting nanosystems, may potentially target specific organs thus improving the efficiency of disease treatment, economic promise of pharmaceuticals and be used in Precision Farming.

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Creator

• Li Sing How, Melanie

Subject

• Industry
• Innovation
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-011612-194045

Keyword

• Robotics
• Medical care

Advisor

• Shivkumar, Satya

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-01-16

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright