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Nanobubbles from gas-generating polymeric nanoparticles: Ultrasound imaging of living subjects
Kang, Eunah,Min, Hyun Su,Lee, Jaeyoung,Han, Moon Hee,Ahn, Hyung Jun,Yoon, In-Chan,Choi, Kuiwon,Kim, Kwangmeyoung,Park, Kinam,Kwon, Ick Chan
, p. 524 - 528 (2010)
(Figure Presented) A bubbly personality: Coalescence and fusion of carbon dioxide nanobubbles in a tumor leads to microbubbles that can be imaged by ultrasound (see picture). The bubbles are released from gas-generating polymeric nanoparticles that are coated with hydrophobically modified chitosan. Hydrolysis of the polymer poly(BL-PO), which consists of a biodegradable main backbone and a carbonate side chain, results in the release of carbon dioxide.
