PEG - PLA nanoparticles have an inner core that is ideally suited to carry
hydrophobic small - molecule drugs, which include many chemotherapy drugs.
Not exact matches
Whereas a hydrophilic surface allows droplets to spread across it at a
small contact angle, a water - repelling
hydrophobic surface will force droplets to bead up and form a larger angle.
Most surfactants, like soap molecules in bubbles and phospholipids in cellular membranes, have
small water - loving (hydrophilic) heads and long fat - loving (
hydrophobic) tails that determine how they arrange in space.
The BBB naturally permits the passage of essential metabolites,
small hydrophobic (lipid soluble) molecules like oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, etc..