Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications : From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery (Micro & Nano Technologies)

Santos, Hélder A. (EDT)/ Liu, Dongfei (EDT)/ Zhang, Hongbo (EDT)

William Andrew Publishing（2018/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 495 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780128126592
• DDC分類 615.6

Full Description

Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications: From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery is a concept-orientated reference that features case studies on utilizing microfluidics for drug delivery applications. It is a valuable learning reference on microfluidics for drug delivery applications and assists practitioners developing novel drug delivery platforms using microfluidics. It explores advances in microfluidics for drug delivery applications from different perspectives, covering device fabrication, fluid dynamics, cutting-edge microfluidic technology in the global drug delivery industry, lab-on-chip nano/micro fabrication and drug encapsulation, cell encapsulation and delivery, and cell- drug interaction screening.

These microfluidic platforms have revolutionized the drug delivery field, but also show great potential for industrial applications.

Contents

Section I: Principle of microfluidics 1. Lab-on-a-Chip technology and microfluidics2. Fluid properties and hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems3. Diffusion and mixing in microfluidic device4. Microfluidic production of multicomponent multiple emulsions

Section II: Microfluidics for drug delivery applications 5. Microfabrication and Microfluidic Devices for Drug Delivery6. Lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanomaterials for drug delivery7. Microfluidic mixing and devices for preparing nanoparticulate drug delivery systems8. Microfluidic production of inorganic nanomaterials for biomedical applications9. Lab-on-a-chip synthesis of microparticles for drug encapsulation and controlled release10. Microfluidic technologies for local drug delivery11. Droplet-based microfluidics for cell encapsulation and delivery12. Antibody discovery using microfluidic systems13. Single-cell screening using microfluidic systems

Section III: Microfluidics for analysis and drug delivery14. Lab-on-a-chip techniques for high throughput proteomics and drug discovery15. Microfluidics for chemical analysis and sample manipulation for pharmaceutical applications

Section IV: Future prospective and commercialization of microfluidic techniques16. Future of microfluidics in research and in the market