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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Sankaran Thayumanavan, Amherst, MA (US);
Conghui Yuan, Amherst, MA (US);
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides novel nanoscale delivery vehicles and composite nanoassemblies built from distinct nanoassembly units (e.g., block copolymer micelles and nanogels) with stoichiometric control. These intelligent composite nanoassemblies independently retain the key features of the nanoassembly units and greatly expand the potential functional features attainable based on the surface functionalization. The invention provides a novel approach to constructing nano-vehicles with controllable morphology based on combination of cooperative releasing mechanisms (e.g., redox sensitive nanogels and pH sensitive micelles). Two kinds of guests can be seperately and stably encapsulated in the composite nanocontainers, and then released sequentially under the stimulation of pH change and reduced glutathione.