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ArticlePolymers2019

Single-Step Self-Assembly and Physical Crosslinking of PEGylated Chitosan Nanoparticles by Tannic Acid.

Raven A Smith, Rebecca C Walker, Shani L Levit, Christina Tang

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raven A SmithChemical and Life Science Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-3028, USA. smithra7@mymail.vcu.edu.
Rebecca C WalkerChemical and Life Science Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-3028, USA. walkerrc4@mymail.vcu.edu.
Shani L LevitChemical and Life Science Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-3028, USA. levitsl@mymail.vcu.edu.
Christina TangChemical and Life Science Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-3028, USA. ctang2@vcu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6204-0129
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Virginia Commonwealth University Initiative for Maximizing Student DevelopmentR25GM090084 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI AKBARALI, HAMID I, LLOYD, JOYCE A. · 2010 to 2022
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National Science Foundation 1651957NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM090084NIH HHS R25GM090084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan-based nanoparticles are promising materials for potential biomedical applications. We used Flash NanoPrecipitation as a rapid, scalable, single-step method to achieve self-assembly of crosslinked chitosan nanoparticles. Self-assembly was driven by electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions; tannic acid served to precipitate chitosan to seed nanoparticle formation and crosslink the chitosan to stabilize the resulting particles. The size of the nanoparticles can be tuned by varying formulation parameters including the total solids concentration and block copolymer to core mass ratio. We demonstrated that hydrophobic moieties can be incorporated into the nanoparticle using a lipophilic fluorescent dye as a model system.

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chitosancrosslinkingFlash NanoPrecipitationnanoparticlestannic acid

Identifiers

PMID31035564
PMCPMC6572363
OpenAlexW2941086073

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