ABSTRACT

The self-assembly of synthetic surfactants and other non-phospholipids into vesicles was first studied in the 1970s by cosmetic scientists when non-ionic surfactant vesicles or niosomes were reported. Since this time a large body of research has sought to define these systems primarily as drug carriers and also as features of interest to the colloi

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PART ONE: PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASPECTS

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PART TWO: NIOSOME PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS