Abstract
Low molecular weight ( M w) poly( l-lactic acid) (PLA) nanoparticles were coated with polyelectrolytes (PEs) by layer-by-layer (LbL) technique using a filtration approach. Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) were applied as PEs in coating. LbL coating is aimed to use in producing (nano)particulate drug delivery systems with improved biocompatibility and sustained or targeted release of drug substances. Nanoparticles of rapidly biodegradable polymers, like the low M w PLA, open up a possibility to control the release of the encapsulated substance by the coating, but set challenges to the coating process due to increased aggregation tendency and degradation rate of the polymer. When the core PLA nanoparticles were prepared by nanoprecipitation, surface properties of the nanoparticles were affected by solvent selection. Successful LbL coating of the PLA nanoparticles was obtained only with chloroform, but not with dichloromethane as the solvent during nanoprecipitation. Reason for this was found to be the more charged surface of the nanoparticles prepared with chloroform compared to the nanoparticles prepared with dichloromethane.
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