NANOCAPSULE

Nanocapsules are submicroscopic colloidal drug carrier systems composed of an oily or an aqueous core surrounded by a thin polymer membrane

Reference : Nanotechnology and Engineered Nanomaterials - A Primer, W. Salamon, Patrick Courtney and Ian Shuttler, PerkinElmer, Inc. USA, 2010

A nanoparticle comprised of a polymer, lipid or other type of shell that enclosing its inner cavity or content. A nanocapsule is usually a hollow spherical particle made up of polymers or phospholipids (in this case it is called a liposome or a nanosome) containing a low-molecular substance inside

Reference : Encyclopaedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Hollow nanoparticle composed of a solid shell that surrounds a core-forming space available to entrap substances

Reference : IUPAC Recommendations

Nano-object with more than one chemically or structurally distinct wall layer enclosing a hollow or solid core, which is designed to carry analytical, therapeutic or image enhancing components

Reference : ISO/TS 80004-7:2011

• Nanoliposome
• Nanoshell