Ultrasound-Sensitive Liposomes for Triggered Macromolecular Drug Delivery: Formulation and Characterization.

Mistletoe lectin-1 (ML1) is a nature-derived macromolecular cytotoxin that potently induces apoptosis in target cells. Non-specific cytotoxicity to normal cells is one of the major risks in its clinical application, and we therefore propose to encapsulate ML1 in a nanocarrier that can specifically release its cargo intratumorally, thus improving the efficacy to toxicity ratio of the cytotoxin. We investigated the encapsulation of ML1 in ultrasound-sensitive liposomes (USL) and studied its release by high-intensity focused ultrasound (HAccessedIFU).

Directed Autonomic Flow: Functional Motility Fluidics.

Unidirectional coherent motion of a self-moving droplet is achieved and combined in a functional motility fluidic chip for chemical reactions via a novel and straightforward approach. The droplet shows both increased movement speeds and displacement distances without any input of energy. Nanoparticle synthesis is performed using the autonomous movement in a fluidic chip that induces transport, mixing, and collection.