Dr. Zili Sideratou
NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15310 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
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32Years (1995-Present)
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View All Publications17 November 2010 in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery
Journal Article
CPConstantinos M Paleos
Constantinos M PaleosDTDimitris Tsiourvas
Dimitris Tsiourvas
Zili Sideratou
Leto-Aikaterini TzivelekaImportance of the field: The review presents the design strategy and synthesis of multifunctional dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers with the objective to develop effective drug delivery systems. Areas covered in this review: Well-characterized, commercially available dendritic polymers were subjected to functionalization for preparing drug delivery systems of low toxicity, high loading capacity, ability to target specific cells and transport through their membranes. This has been achieved by surface targeting ligands, which render the carriers specific to certain cells and polyethylene glycol groups, securing water solubility, stability and prolonged circulation. Moreover, transport agents facilitate transport through cell membranes while fluorescent probes detect their intracellular localization. A common feature of surface groups is multivalency, which considerably enhances their binding strength with complementary cell receptors. To these properties, one should also add the property of attaining hi...
4 December 1999 in Langmuir
Journal Article
13 January 2007 in Molecular Pharmaceutics
Journal Article
CPConstantinos M. Paleos
Constantinos M. PaleosDTDimitris Tsiourvas
Dimitris Tsiourvas
Zili Sideratou11 February 2004 in Biomacromolecules
Journal Article
CPConstantinos M. Paleos
Constantinos M. PaleosDTDimitris Tsiourvas
Dimitris Tsiourvas
Zili SideratouLeto-Aikaterini Tziveleka1 August 2013 in Journal of Controlled Release
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CPConstantinos M. Paleos
Constantinos M. PaleosDTDimitris Tsiourvas
Dimitris Tsiourvas
Zili SideratouAPAlexandros Pantos
Alexandros Pantos
1 January 1997 in Liquid Crystals
Journal Article
Zili SideratouDTD. Tsiourvas
D. Tsiourvas
CPC. M. Paleos
C. M. Paleos
ASA. Skoulios
A. Skoulios
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of the non-mesogenic N -(p -methoxy- o -hydroxybenzylidbe ene)- p -aminopyridine with a series of p - n -alkoxybenzoic acids ranging from methoxy to hexadecyloxy were established using differential scanning calorimetry and polarising optical microscopy. The key results obtained are: (1) the formation of 1 1 hydrogen bonded complexes between the pyridine derivative and the alkoxybenzoic acids, (2) the stability of the alkoxybenzoic acid mesophases over a wide range of compositions (up to slightly over 50 mol% of the pyridine derivative), (3) the absence of additional mesophases corresponding specifically to the 1 1 complexes, and (4) the complete miscibility of the acids with the complexes in the mesomorphic state. With alkoxy chains from methoxy to heptyloxy, mixtures produce only nematic phases; they produce both nematic and smectic phases with chains from octyloxy to dodecyloxy, and only smectic phases with chains from tetradecyloxy to hexadecyloxy. The formation of hydrogen bonded complexes was investigated at various temperatures using FTIR spectroscopy. Molecular ordering was studied by X-ray diffraction as a function of temperature and composition both for the crystalline and the mesomorphic states.
About Me
Dr Z Sideratou holds a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Ioannina and a Ph.D. from the National Technical University of Athens. She continued her work as a project chemist and then as a senior researcher at NCSR Demokritos. Since 2015, she has held a Research Director position in Demokritos. Her current research interests focus on the following areas: (a) the development of functional dendritic polymers; prospected applications as controlled release and targeted drug delivery systems as well as novel antibacterial agents; (b) the development of functionalized nanostructured nanoparticles; prospected applications as drug delivery systems as well as antibacterial agents; (c) the development of nanostructured active coatings for various surfaces to afford them extra functionalities. She is the co-author of 80 publications in peer reviewed journals and co-inventor of 5 international and 7 national patents. She has an h-index of 30 and a total citations number of 2400 (Scopus March 2024). During her 20 years of research, she has been involved in approximately 15 European and national research projects. She was scientifically responsible for NCSRD of the SANAD project (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP), which can be accessed at http://www.sanadproject.eu/, and the ANNAFIB project (EuroNanoMed III-Joint Transnational Call-2018), Contract No: 00058), which can be found at https://annafib.eu/ .