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Coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulation of the encapsulation of dexamethasone in PSS/PDDA layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolyte nanocapsules

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    • Publisher Information:
      Springer 2020
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Experimental studies have reported the fundamental and applied science aspects of polyelectrolyte (PE) layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly. LbL nanocoating is a simple and robust technique that can be used to modify the surface properties of nearly any material. These modifications take place by adsorption of mere nanometers of PE to impart previously absent properties to the nanocoated substrate. Paper manufacturing, drug delivery, and antimicrobial applications have since been developed. LbL self-assembly has become a very lucrative field of research. Computational modeling of LbL nanocoating has received limited attention. PE simulations often require significant computational resources and make computational modeling studies challenging. In this study, atomic-level PE and dexamethasone models are developed and then converted into coarse-grained (CG) models. This modeling study is based on experimental results that were previously reported. The CG models showed the effect of salt concentration and the number of PE layers on the LbL drug nanocapsule. The suitability of the model was evaluated and showed that this model can serve as a predictive tool for an LbL-nanocoated drug delivery system. It is suggested that this model can be used to simulate LbL drug delivery systems before the experimental evaluation of the real systems take place
    • الموضوع:
      Layer-by-layer; Polyelectrolyte; Coarse-grained molecular dynamics; MARTINI; Encapsulation; Article
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
    • Note:
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      Y@Y oai:repository.nwu.ac.za:10394/36264
      Otto, D.P. & De Villiers, M.M. 2020. Coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulation of the encapsulation of dexamethasone in PSS/PDDA layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolyte nanocapsules. AAPS PharmSciTech, 21(8): art. #292. [https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-020-01843-5]
      1530-9932 (Electronic)
      1204156497
    • Contributing Source:
      NORTH-WEST UNIV LIBR
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    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsoai.on1204156497
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