Preparation and characterization of self-assembled nanoparticles formed by poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(epsilon-caprolactone) copolymers with long poly(epsilon-caprolactone) blocks in aqueous solutions

Abstract

Preparation of nanoparticles formed by diblock copolymers of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) and their characterization by static and dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy imaging.

Keywords

• Block copolymer micelles
• atomic force microscopy
• light scattering
• drug delivery systems