Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus

Dr. Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2016 in Progress in Polymer Science
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Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus
ALAngel Licea-Claverie
Angel Licea-Claverie

1 May 2009 in Tetrahedron Letters
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Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus
GAGerardo Aguirre
Gerardo Aguirre
MPMiguel Parra-Hake
Miguel Parra-Hake
RSRatnasamy Somanathan
Ratnasamy Somanathan


1 June 2007 in Tetrahedron Letters
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NLNorma Aidé Cortez Lemus
Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus
GAGerardo Aguirre
Gerardo Aguirre
MPMiguel Parra-Hake
Miguel Parra-Hake
RSRatnasamy Somanathan
Ratnasamy Somanathan

1 November 2006 in Tetrahedron Letters
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Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus
RRRamón Rodríguez-Apodaca
Ramón Rodríguez-Apodaca
GAGerardo Aguirre
Gerardo Aguirre
MPMiguel Parra-Hake
Miguel Parra-Hake
TCThomas Cole
Thomas Cole
RSRatnasamy Somanathan
Ratnasamy Somanathan

30 May 2019 in Polymers
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MDMelissa DiazDuarte-Rodriguez
Melissa DiazDuarte-Rodriguez
NLNorma Aidé Cortez Lemus
Norma Aidé Cortez Lemus
ALAngel Licea-Claverie
Angel Licea-Claverie
Jacob Licea-RodriguezJacob Licea-Rodriguez
Jacob Licea-Rodriguez
EMEugenio Rafael Mendez
Eugenio Rafael Mendez
In the present study, poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PEG-b-PDEAEM) amphiphilic block copolymers were synthetized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using two different macro chain transfer agents containing PEG of 2000 and 5000 g/mol and varying the length of the PDEAEM segment. From the obtained block copolymers, polymersome type nanometric aggregates were obtained by two different techniques. By direct dispersion, particle diameters around 200 nm were obtained, while by solvent exchange using THF and water, the obtained diameters were around 100 nm. These block copolymers were used to encapsulate gold nanorods and doxorubicin (DOX) with good efficiencies to obtain nanomaterials with potential use as dual stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems for combined anticancer therapies. Drug delivery studies showed that the release rate of DOX was accelerated when the pH was lowered from 7.4 to 5.8 and also when the systems were irradiated with a NIR laser at pH 7.4. The combination of lower pH and near infrared (NIR) irradiation resulted in higher drug release only in the case of polymersomes with lower molecular weight PEG.