Issue 40, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Biodegradable, multi-layered coatings for controlled release of small molecules†

Elizabeth Amir,a   Per Antoni,a   Luis M. Campos,a   Denis Damiron,b   Nalini Gupta,a   Roey J. Amir,a   Noshir Pesika,c   Eric Drockenmullerb  and  Craig J. Hawker*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
E-mail: hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu

b Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères (IMP - UMR CNRS 5223), 15 Boulevard Latarjet, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
E-mail: eric.drockenmuller@univ-lyon1.fr

c Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
E-mail: npesika@tulane.edu

Abstract

Incorporation of orthogonal functional groups into biodegradable polymers permits the fabrication of multi-layered thin films with improved adhesion and tunable degradation profiles. The bi-layer structure also allows for accurate control over small molecule release.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31188G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Feb 2012
Accepted
21 Mar 2012
First published
22 Mar 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4833-4835

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Biodegradable, multi-layered coatings for controlled release of small molecules

E. Amir, P. Antoni, L. M. Campos, D. Damiron, N. Gupta, R. J. Amir, N. Pesika, E. Drockenmuller and C. J. Hawker, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4833 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31188G

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