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3859135 
Journal Article 
Application of mesoscale simulation to explore the aggregate morphology of pH-sensitive nanoparticles used as the oral drug delivery carriers under different conditions 
Wang, Y; Chen, BZ; Liu, YJ; Wu, ZM; Guo, XD 
2017 
Yes 
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
ISSN: 0927-7765
EISSN: 1873-4367 
151 
280-286 
English 
28038414 
The pH-sensitive nanoparticles are selected as the potentially promising oral protein and peptide drug carriers due to their excellent performance. With the poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)/hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate (PLGA/HP55) nanoparticle as a model nanoparticle, the structure-property relationship of nanoparticles with different conditions is investigated by dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations in our work. In the oral drug delivery system, the poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is hydrophobic polymer, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate (HP55) is pH-sensitive enteric polymer which used to protect the nanoparticles through the stomach and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is hydrophilic polymer as the stabilizer. It can be seen from DPD simulations that all polymer molecules form spherical core-shell nanoparticles with stabilizer PVA molecules adsorbed on the outer surface of the PLGA/HP55 matrix at certain compositions. The DPD simulation study can provide microscopic insight into the formation and morphological changes of pH-sensitive nanoparticles which is useful for the design of new materials for high-efficacy oral drug delivery.