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Reversible pH-responsive helical nanoribbons formed using camptothecin

Mingfang Ma, Pengyao Xing, Shengguang Xu, Shangyang Li, Xiaoxiao Chu, Aiyou Hao

RSC Advances · 2014 · 24 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

The natural antitumor drug camptothecin was found to self-assemble into helical nanoribbons in aqueous solution. The formation and disappearance of the helical nanoribbons can be tuned reversibly through changing the pH value of the solution.

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