Figure 1.
Fabrication of 3D nanorods (NRs) fabricated by fast and scalable directed assembly method. (a) Schematic of fabrication process. (b) Billions of NRs fabricated on a substrate. (c) 30-nm diameter NR fabricated from PEG-PE micelles. (d) 100-nm diameter NR fabricated from paclitaxel drug-loaded PEG-PE. PEG-PE: polyethylene glycol-phosphatidylethanolamine
Figure 2.
(a) Preparation of a paclitaxel drug-loaded tagged micellar system. (b) Fabrication and harvesting of orally acceptable 3-dimensional drug-loaded micellar nanorods (NRs) using electric field directed assembly. Red and black colors of the NRs indicate the dye and the drug incorporated into micelles, respectively. (c) Optical and scanning electron microscopy images of the drug-loaded micelles embedded in a water-soluble polymer before and after harvested from the substrate.
Figure 3.
Product concept from the production of the drug-loaded nanorods to delivery to the tumor cells.