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Miniemulsion polymerization at low temperature: A strategy for one-pot encapsulation of hydrophobic anti-inflammatory drugs into polyester-containing nanoparticles.

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HYPOTHESIS Conventional synthesis methods of polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery systems are based on the use of large amounts of organic solvents, hence requiring several steps for the obtaining of… Click to show full abstract

HYPOTHESIS Conventional synthesis methods of polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery systems are based on the use of large amounts of organic solvents, hence requiring several steps for the obtaining of waterborne dispersions. In view of the need for new environmentally friendly methods, emulsion polymerization and their related techniques are a good alternative for the production of monodispersed waterborne dispersions of biodegradable nanoparticles in a cleaner, reproducible and faster manner. EXPERIMENTS Herein, the miniemulsion polymerization technique at low temperature using poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) as surfactant has been developed for poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-lactic acid) and poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles. Additionally, the anti-inflammatory drug BRP-187 was used to proof the potential of this technique in the encapsulation of hydrophobic drugs. The effect of the oligomer composition on the miniemulsion and the final dispersion stability, the final oligomer conversion, the polymer particle size and the drug encapsulation efficiency has been studied. FINDINGS Monodisperse spherical particles ranging between 170 and 250 nm in diameter in long term non-toxic stable waterborne dispersions were obtained with drug encapsulation efficiencies up to 66%. In contrast with conventional synthesis techniques, residual organic solvents are completely removed and, thus, the potential of redox initiated miniemulsion polymerization to obtain stable drug loaded poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-lactic acid) and poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles in an efficient and fast manner is shown.

Keywords: drug; low temperature; polymerization; encapsulation; miniemulsion polymerization; miniemulsion

Journal Title: Journal of colloid and interface science
Year Published: 2021

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