Acknowledgements Concepts and experimental work outlined and shown in this review are
partly related to the Special Research Area/Transregional 79 (TRR 79, part project M7) entitled
“Materials for Tissue Regeneration in Systemically Diseased Bones” by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) involving universities and research institutes in Giessen, Heidelberg and
Dresden, Germany.
DRESDEN concept linking research activities of IPF Dresden and TU Dresden is gratefully
acknowledged.
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2. Antonietti M, F€ orster S (2003) Vesicles and liposomes: a self-assembly principle beyond
lipids. Adv Mat 15(16):1323–1333
3. Gros L, Ringsdorf H, Schupp H (1981) Polymeric antitumour agents on a molecular and
cellular level. Angew Chem Int Ed 20:301–323
4. Slepnev VI, Kuznetsova LE, Gubin AN, Batrakova EV, Alakhov V, Kabanov AV (1992)
Micelles of poly(oxyethylene)-poly-(oxypropylene) block copolymer (pluronic) as a tool for
low-molecular compound delivery into a cell: phosphorylation of intracellular proteins with
micelle incorporated [gamma-32P]ATP. Biochem Int 26:587–595
5. Krause HJ, Schwarz A, Rohdewald P (1985) Polylactic acid nanoparticles: a colloidal drug
delivery system for lipophilic drugs. Int J Pharm 27(2–3):145–155
6. Chawla JS, Amiji MM (2002) Biodegradable poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanoparticles for
tumor-targeted delivery of tamoxifen. Int J Pharm 249(1–2):127–138
7. Speiser PP (1978) Non-liposomal nanocapsules, methodology and application. Front Biol
48:653–668
8. Couvreur P, Tulkens P, Roland M, Trouet A, Speiser P (1977) Nanocapsules: a new type of
lysosomotropic carrier. FEBS Lett 84(2):323–326
9. Guo X, Weiss A, Ballauff M (1999) Synthesis of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes by
photoemulsion polymerization. Macromolecules 32:6043–6046
10. Michaels AS (1965) Polyelectrolyte complexes. Ind Eng Chem 57:32–40
11. Kabanov VA, Zezin AB (1984) Soluble interpolymeric complexes as a new class of synthetic
polyelectrolytes. Pur Appl Chem 56:343–354
12. Philipp B, Dautzenberg H, Linow KJ, K€ otz J, Dawydoff W (1989) Polyelectrolyte
complexes: recent developments and open problems. Prog Polym Sci 14:91–172
13. Dubin P, Bock J, Davies RM, Schulz DN, Thies C (1994) Macromolecular complexes in
chemistry and biology. Springer, Berlin
14. Harada A, Kataoka K (1995) Formation of polyion complex micelles in an aqueous milieu
from a pair of oppositely charged block-copolymers with poly(ethylene glycol) segments.
Macromolecules 28(15):5294–5299
15. Harada-Shiba M, Yamauchi K, Harada A, Takamisawa I, Shimokado K, Kataoka K (2002)
Polyion complex micelles as vectors in gene therapy - pharmacokinetics and in vivo gene
transfer. Gene Ther 9(6):407–414
16. M€ uller M, Kessler B, Richter S (2005) Preparation of monomodal polyelectrolyte complex
nanoparticles of PDADMAC/poly(maleic acid-alt-a-methylstyrene) by consecutive centrifugation. Langmuir 21(15):7044–7051
17. M€ uller M, Reihs T, Ouyang W (2005) Needlelike and spherical polyelectrolyte complex
nanoparticles of poly(L-lysine) and copolymers of maleic acid. Langmuir 21(1):465–469
18. Oertel U, Buchhammer HM, M€ uller M et al (1999) Surface modification by polyelectrolytes:
studies on model systems. Macromol Symp 145:39–47
252
M. M€ uller
partly related to the Special Research Area/Transregional 79 (TRR 79, part project M7) entitled
“Materials for Tissue Regeneration in Systemically Diseased Bones” by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) involving universities and research institutes in Giessen, Heidelberg and
Dresden, Germany.
DRESDEN concept linking research activities of IPF Dresden and TU Dresden is gratefully
acknowledged.
References
1. Lasic DD (1994) Sterically stabilized vesicles. Angew Chem Int Ed 33(17):1685–1698
2. Antonietti M, F€ orster S (2003) Vesicles and liposomes: a self-assembly principle beyond
lipids. Adv Mat 15(16):1323–1333
3. Gros L, Ringsdorf H, Schupp H (1981) Polymeric antitumour agents on a molecular and
cellular level. Angew Chem Int Ed 20:301–323
4. Slepnev VI, Kuznetsova LE, Gubin AN, Batrakova EV, Alakhov V, Kabanov AV (1992)
Micelles of poly(oxyethylene)-poly-(oxypropylene) block copolymer (pluronic) as a tool for
low-molecular compound delivery into a cell: phosphorylation of intracellular proteins with
micelle incorporated [gamma-32P]ATP. Biochem Int 26:587–595
5. Krause HJ, Schwarz A, Rohdewald P (1985) Polylactic acid nanoparticles: a colloidal drug
delivery system for lipophilic drugs. Int J Pharm 27(2–3):145–155
6. Chawla JS, Amiji MM (2002) Biodegradable poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanoparticles for
tumor-targeted delivery of tamoxifen. Int J Pharm 249(1–2):127–138
7. Speiser PP (1978) Non-liposomal nanocapsules, methodology and application. Front Biol
48:653–668
8. Couvreur P, Tulkens P, Roland M, Trouet A, Speiser P (1977) Nanocapsules: a new type of
lysosomotropic carrier. FEBS Lett 84(2):323–326
9. Guo X, Weiss A, Ballauff M (1999) Synthesis of spherical polyelectrolyte brushes by
photoemulsion polymerization. Macromolecules 32:6043–6046
10. Michaels AS (1965) Polyelectrolyte complexes. Ind Eng Chem 57:32–40
11. Kabanov VA, Zezin AB (1984) Soluble interpolymeric complexes as a new class of synthetic
polyelectrolytes. Pur Appl Chem 56:343–354
12. Philipp B, Dautzenberg H, Linow KJ, K€ otz J, Dawydoff W (1989) Polyelectrolyte
complexes: recent developments and open problems. Prog Polym Sci 14:91–172
13. Dubin P, Bock J, Davies RM, Schulz DN, Thies C (1994) Macromolecular complexes in
chemistry and biology. Springer, Berlin
14. Harada A, Kataoka K (1995) Formation of polyion complex micelles in an aqueous milieu
from a pair of oppositely charged block-copolymers with poly(ethylene glycol) segments.
Macromolecules 28(15):5294–5299
15. Harada-Shiba M, Yamauchi K, Harada A, Takamisawa I, Shimokado K, Kataoka K (2002)
Polyion complex micelles as vectors in gene therapy - pharmacokinetics and in vivo gene
transfer. Gene Ther 9(6):407–414
16. M€ uller M, Kessler B, Richter S (2005) Preparation of monomodal polyelectrolyte complex
nanoparticles of PDADMAC/poly(maleic acid-alt-a-methylstyrene) by consecutive centrifugation. Langmuir 21(15):7044–7051
17. M€ uller M, Reihs T, Ouyang W (2005) Needlelike and spherical polyelectrolyte complex
nanoparticles of poly(L-lysine) and copolymers of maleic acid. Langmuir 21(1):465–469
18. Oertel U, Buchhammer HM, M€ uller M et al (1999) Surface modification by polyelectrolytes:
studies on model systems. Macromol Symp 145:39–47
252
M. M€ uller